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Chapter 10

Genesis · Moses

¹ Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.

Gen 10:1

² The sons of Japheth, Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Elisa, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ³ And the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁴ And the sons of Javan, Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, Rodanim. ⁵ From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.

Gen 10:2-5

⁶ And the sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ⁷ And the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah, Sheba, and Dedan. ⁸ And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth. ⁹ He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nimrod the giant hunter before the Lord. ¹⁰ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ¹¹ Out of that land came Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, ¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Calah: this is the great city. ¹³ And Mizraim begot the Ludim, and the Naphtuhim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, ¹⁴ and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim (whence came forth Philistines) and the Caphtorim. ¹⁵ And Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and the Hittite, ¹⁶ and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, ¹⁷ and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, ¹⁸ and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and after this the tribes of the Canaanites were dispersed. ¹⁹ And the boundaries of the Canaanites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerar and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. ²⁰ These [were] the sons of Ham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

Gen 10:6-20

²¹ And to Shem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder. ²² Sons of Shem, Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan. ²³ And sons of Aram, Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. ²⁴ And Arpachshad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Shelah. And Shelah begot Eber. ²⁵ And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one, Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Joktan. ²⁶ And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, ²⁷ and Hadoram, and Aibel, and Diklah, ²⁸ and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, ²⁹ and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Joktan. ³⁰ And their dwelling was from Mesha, till one comes to Sephar, a mountain of the east. ³¹ These were the sons of Shem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. ³² These are the tribes of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.

Gen 10:21-32