10Genesis 10

The Descendants of Noah's Sons

1These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.Select Genesis 10:1

2The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.Select Genesis 10:2

3The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.Select Genesis 10:3

4The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes;Select Genesis 10:4

5they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.Select Genesis 10:5

6The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.Select Genesis 10:6

7The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan.Select Genesis 10:7

8Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.Select Genesis 10:8

9By the Lord's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, “May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!”Select Genesis 10:9

10At first his kingdom included Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia.Select Genesis 10:10

11From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,Select Genesis 10:11

12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.Select Genesis 10:12

13The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,Select Genesis 10:13

14Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete, from whom the Philistines are descended.Select Genesis 10:14

15Canaan's sons—Sidon, the oldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.Select Genesis 10:15

16Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,Select Genesis 10:16

17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,Select Genesis 10:17

18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. The different tribes of the Canaanites spread out,Select Genesis 10:18

19until the Canaanite borders reached from Sidon southward to Gerar near Gaza, and eastward to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim near Lasha.Select Genesis 10:19

20These are the descendants of Ham, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.Select Genesis 10:20

21Shem, the older brother of Japheth, was the ancestor of all the Hebrews.Select Genesis 10:21

22Shem's sons—Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.Select Genesis 10:22

23The descendants of Aram were the people of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.Select Genesis 10:23

24Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.Select Genesis 10:24

25Eber had two sons: one was named Peleg, because during his time the people of the world were divided; and the other was named Joktan.Select Genesis 10:25

26The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,Select Genesis 10:26

27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,Select Genesis 10:27

28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,Select Genesis 10:28

29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of them were descended from Joktan.Select Genesis 10:29

30The land in which they lived extended from Mesha to Sephar in the eastern hill country.Select Genesis 10:30

31These are the descendants of Shem, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.Select Genesis 10:31

32All these peoples are the descendants of Noah, nation by nation, according to their different lines of descent. After the flood all the nations of the earth were descended from the sons of Noah.Select Genesis 10:32