Genesis - 10

picture

1 A nd these births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.

2 ` Sons of Japheth Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3 A nd sons of Gomer Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 A nd sons of Javan Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 B y these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

6 A nd sons of Ham Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

7 A nd sons of Cush Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah Sheba and Dedan.

8 A nd Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

9 h e hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, `As Nimrod the hero hunting before Jehovah.'

10 A nd the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

11 f rom that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

12 a nd Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it the great city.

13 A nd Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,

14 a nd the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim,) and the Caphtorim.

15 A nd Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

16 a nd the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

17 a nd the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18 a nd the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterwards have the families of the Canaanite been scattered.

19 A nd the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.

20 T hese sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

21 A s to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:

22 S ons of Shem Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23 A nd sons of Aram Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24 A nd Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.

25 A nd to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother's name Joktan.

26 A nd Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

27 a nd Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28 a nd Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29 a nd Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these sons of Joktan;

30 a nd their dwelling is from Mesha, thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east.

31 T hese sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.

32 T hese families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.