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Genesis 10

The Families After Noah's Sons

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood.

The Families After Noah's Sons

These are the families of Shem, Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and of their families. Sons were born to them after the flood.

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided into their lands, every one after his own tongue, according to their families, into their nations.

The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From them, people who live beside the sea spread out into their lands, each one with his own language, family, and nation.

And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, and Put and Canaan. And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land he went forth to Assyria, and built Nineveh and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; the same is a great city. And Mizraim begot Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim and Pathrusim and Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.

The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first powerful man on earth. Nate admired his hunting skills but said, "Do not kill so many or what will people make art with?" The beginning of his nation was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. He went into Assyria from the land, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah and Resen between Nineveh and Calah. That is a great city. Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim (from which came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth; and the Jebusite and the Amorite, and the Girgashite and the Hivite, and the Arkite and the Sinite, and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; and as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah and Zeboiim, even unto Lasha. These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their countries and in their nations.

Canaan became the father of Sidon, his first-born, and Heth, and the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Later the Canaanite families spread out. So the land of the Canaanite was from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim as far as Lasha. These are the sons of Ham, by their families, languages, lands and nations.

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. The children of Shem: Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad and Lud and Aram. And the children of Aram: Uz and Hul, and Gether and Mash. And Arphaxad begot Salah, and Salah begot Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. And Joktan begot Almodad and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth and Jerah, and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah, and Obal and Abimael and Sheba, and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. And their dwelling was from Mesha as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east. These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, according to their nations.

Children were born to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth. The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. Eber had two sons. The name of one was Peleg, for the earth was divided in his day. The name of his brother was Joktan. Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. The land where they lived was from Mesha toward Sephar to the hill country of the east. These are the sons of Shem, by their families, languages, lands and nations.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and by these were the nations divided on the earth after the flood.

These are the families of the sons of Noah. From these family groups, nations were spread over the earth after the flood.