Genesis 10
Young’s Literal Translation
Translation: YLT
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1And these are births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.Select Genesis 10:1
2`Sons of Japheth are Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.Select Genesis 10:2
3And sons of Gomer are Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.Select Genesis 10:3
4And sons of Javan are Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.Select Genesis 10:4
5By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.Select Genesis 10:5
6And sons of Ham are Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.Select Genesis 10:6
7And sons of Cush are Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah are Sheba and Dedan.Select Genesis 10:7
8And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;Select Genesis 10:8
9he 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 in hunting before Jehovah.'Select Genesis 10:9
10And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;Select Genesis 10:10
11from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,Select Genesis 10:11
12and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it is the great city.Select Genesis 10:12
13And Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,Select Genesis 10:13
14and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim,) and the Caphtorim.Select Genesis 10:14
15And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,Select Genesis 10:15
16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,Select Genesis 10:16
17and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,Select Genesis 10:17
18and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterwards have the families of the Canaanite been scattered.Select Genesis 10:18
19And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, in thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; in thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.Select Genesis 10:19
20These are sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.Select Genesis 10:20
21As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:Select Genesis 10:21
22Sons of Shem are Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.Select Genesis 10:22
23And sons of Aram are Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.Select Genesis 10:23
24And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.Select Genesis 10:24
25And to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one is Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother's name is Joktan.Select Genesis 10:25
26And Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,Select Genesis 10:26
27and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,Select Genesis 10:27
28and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,Select Genesis 10:28
29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these are sons of Joktan;Select Genesis 10:29
30and their dwelling is from Mesha, in thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east.Select Genesis 10:30
31These are sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.Select Genesis 10:31
32These are 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.Select Genesis 10:32
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