UST GEN chapter 10

The Descendants of Noah’s Sons

10:1-32

10 This is the record of the names of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and the descendants they had after the flood was over.

Japheth’s Descendants

2 Japheth’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3 Gomer’s sons were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 Javan’s sons were Elishah and Tarshish, and he was the ancestor of the Kittites and the Dodanites.

5 From Japheth’s descendants came the people groups who lived in regions near the Mediterranean Sea. They moved to different places and settled in their own territories, and each group spoke its own language. They each had their own families, which grew and became their own people groups.

Ham’s Descendants

6 Ham’s sons were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7 Cush’s sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtecah. And Raamah’s sons were Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush also had a son named Nimrod, who was the first person on earth to be a powerful ruler. 9 He was also a great hunter whom Yahweh blessed. That is why people say about other great men, “That man is like Nimrod, a great hunter whom Yahweh blessed.” 10 Nimrod started ruling as king over the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, which were all located in the region of Shinar. 11 From there he went to the region of Assyria, where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen, which is located between the cities of Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

13 Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14 Pathrusites, Casluhites, and Caphtorites. The Philistines descended from the Casluhites.

15 Canaan had Sidon who was his firstborn son. He was also the ancestor of the Hittites, 16 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 17 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 18 Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Later, those families that descended from Canaan spread out, 19 so that the territory where they lived reached from the city of Sidon in the north, all the way south toward the city of Gerar to the city of Gaza, then as far east as the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, all the way to the city of Lasha.

20 Those people were Ham’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.

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.

UST GEN Chapter 10