The list of nations
1These are the descendants of Noah’s sons. Shem, Ham and Japheth; these are their sons who were born after the flood. 2Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, the Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras. 3Gomer’s sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah. 4Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Rodanim. 5These were dispersed and peopled the islands of the nations.
These were Japheth’s sons, according to their countries and each of their languages, according to their tribes and their nations.
6Ham’s sons: Cush, Mizraim, Put, Canaan. 7Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca. Raamah’s sons: Sheba, Dedan. 8Cush became the father of Nimrod who was the first great ruler on earth. 9He was a mighty hunter in the eyes of Yahweh, hence the saying, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter in the eyes of Yahweh.” 10The beginning of his empire was Babel, with Erech and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar. 11From this country came Ashur, the builder of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, 12and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (this is the great city).
13Mizraim became the father of the people of Ludim, of Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14Pathrusim, Cusluhim and Capthtorim, from which the Philistines came.
15Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of Heth, 16and the Jebusites, the Amorites, Girgashites, 17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 18Arvadites, Zemarites, Hamathites; later the Canaanite tribes scattered. 19The Canaanite frontier stretched from Sidon in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, and as far as Lasha.
20These were Ham’s sons, according to their tribes and languages, according to their countries and nations. 21There were also children born to Shem, the ancestor of all the sons of Eber, who are the Hebrews, and the elder brother of Japheth.
22Shem’s sons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram. 23Aram’s sons: Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash.
24Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber. 25To Eber were born two sons: the first was called Peleg, because it was in his time that the earth was divided; and his brother was called Joktan. 26Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29Ophir, Havilah, Jobab; all these are sons of Joktan. 30They occupied a stretch of country from Mesh in the direction of Sephar, to the eastern mountain range.
31These were Shem’s sons, according to their tribes and languages, and according to their countries and nations. 32These were the tribes of Noah’s sons, according to their descendants and their nations. From these came the dispersal of the nations over the earth, after the flood.
