Shem’s Descendants

21 Shem also had some sons. He was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber, and his older brother was Japheth. 22 Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

23 Aram’s sons were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

24 Arpachshad had a son named Shelah, then Shelah had a son named Eber. 25 Then Eber had two sons. The name of the first one was Peleg, which means “division,” because during his lifetime the people on the earth divided into separate groups and spread out everywhere. Peleg’s younger brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan had sons named Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. Those were all Joktan’s sons. 30 The region where they and their descendants lived reached from the city of Mesha in the west all the way to the city of Sephar, which is in the hill country in the east.

31 Those people are Shem’s descendants and each one had his own family. Each family grew and became its own people group that spoke its own language and lived in its own territory.

32 All those family groups descended from Noah’s sons. Each family group had its own descendants and became its own people group. In fact, after the flood all the people groups on the earth descended from them and spread out everywhere.