1These were the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

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

3The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5From these the coastland peoples separated and went into their lands, every one with its own language, according to their clans, by their nations.

6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

8Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first conqueror on the earth.

9He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh.”

10The first centers of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar.

11Out of that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

12and Resen, which was between Nineveh and Calah. It was a large city.

13Mizraim became the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,

14the Pathrusites, the Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

15Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of Heth,

16also of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites spread out.

19The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, in the direction of Gerar, as far as Gaza, and as one goes toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.

20These were the sons of Ham, by their clans, by their languages, in their lands, and in their nations.

21Sons also were born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was also the ancestor of all the people of Eber.

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

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

24Arphaxad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.

25Eber had two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.

26Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

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

30Their territory was from Mesha, all the way to Sephar, the mountain of the east.

31These were the sons of Shem, according to their clans and their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.

32These were the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these the nations separated and went over the earth after the flood.