Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. 5#Ge 10:20; Jer 2:10From these the coastlands of the nations were divided#Or separated themselves. into their lands, everyone according to his tongue, according to their families, by their nations.

The Hamites

1Ch 1:8–16

6The sons of Ham were

Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

7#Eze 27:22; 27:15The sons of Cush were

Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteka;

and the sons of Raamah were

Sheba and Dedan.

8Cush was the father of Nimrod. He became a mighty one on the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Even like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10#Ge 11:2; 11:9The beginning of his kingdom was Babel,#Or Babylon. Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh in the land of Shinar. 11#Mic 5:6; Ps 83:8From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, the city Rehoboth Ir, and Calah, 12and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).

13#1Ch 1:11–12; Jer 46:9Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14#Jer 47:4; Dt 2:23Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorites.

15#Ge 15:18–21; 1Ch 1:13Canaan was the father of

Sidon his firstborn and Heth, 16and the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 18Arvadites, Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

Later the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. 19#Ge 14:2The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon toward Gerar to Gaza, and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.

20These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

The Semites

Ge 11:10–27; 1Ch 1:17–27

21#Nu 24:24To Shem, who was the father of all the children of Eber, whose older brother was Japheth,#Or the older brother of Japheth. were sons born also.

22#Isa 66:19The sons of Shem were

Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

23#Job 1:1; Jer 25:20The sons of Aram were

Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.

24Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,

and Shelah was the father of Eber.

25#1Ch 1:19To Eber were born two sons.

The name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; his brother’s name was Joktan.

26Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29#1Ki 9:28Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

30Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar, the hill country of the east.

31#Ge 10:5; 10:20These are the sons of Shem, by their families and their language, in their lands and their nations.

32#Ge 9:19; 10:1These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations. From these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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Genesis 10

1 These are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and of the sons who were born to them after the great flood.

2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3 And then the sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 And the sons of Javan were Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

5 The islands of the Gentiles were divided by these into their regions, each one according to his tongue, and their families in their nations.

6 And the Sons of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

7 And the sons of Cush were Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dadan.

8 And then Cush conceived Nimrod; he began to be powerful on the earth.

9 And he was an able hunter before the Lord. From this, a proverb came forth: 'Just like Nimrod, an able hunter before the Lord.'

10 And so, the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Erech, and Accad, and Chalanne, in the land of Shinar.

11 From that land, Assur came forth, and he built Nineveh, and the streets of the city, and Calah,

12 and also Resen, between Nineveh and Calah. This is a great city.

13 And truly, Mizraim conceived Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

14 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim, from whom came forth the Philistines and the Caphtorim.

15 Then Canaan conceived Sidon his firstborn, the Hittite,

16 and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, the Girgashite,

17 the Hivite, and the Arkite: the Sinite,

18 and the Arvadian, the Samarite, and the Hamathite. And after this, the peoples of the Canaanites became widespread.

19 And the borders of Chanaan went, as one travels, from Sidon to Gerar, even to Gaza, until one enters Sodom and Gomorrah, and from Admah and Zeboiim, even to Lesa.

20 These are the sons of Ham in their kindred, and tongues, and generations, and lands, and nations.

21 Likewise, from Shem, the father of all the sons of Heber, the elder brother of Japheth, sons were born.

22 The sons of Shem were Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23 The sons of Aram were Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24 But truly, Arphaxad conceived Shelah, from whom was born Eber.

25 And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth became divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.

26 This Joktan conceived Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, Jerah

27 and Hadoram, and Uzal and Diklah,

28 and Obal and Abimael, Sheba

29 and Ophir, and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

30 And their habitation extended from Messa, as one sojourns, even to Sephar, a mountain in the east.

31 These are the sons of Shem according to their kindred, and tongues, and the regions within their nations.

32 These are the families of Noah, according to their peoples and nations. The nations became divided according to these, on the earth after the great flood.

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