1 Adam, Shet (Seth), Enosh, 2 Keynan, Mahalalel, Yered (Jared), 3 Hanok (Enoch), Metushelah (Methuselah), Lemek (Lamech), 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Yefet (Japheth).

5 Yefet’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Maday, Yavan, Tuval, Meshek, and Tiras. 6 Gomer’s sons were Ashkenaz, Rifat, and Togarmah. 7 Yavan’s sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kitim, and Dodanim.

8 Ham’s sons were Kush, Mitsrayim, Put, and Kena’an (Canaan). 9 Kush’s sons were Seva, Havilah, Savta, Raemah, and Savteka. Raemah’s sons were Sheva and Dedan. 10 Then Kush fathered Nimrod and he became a mighty warrior. 11 Mitsrayim was the ancestor of the Lud, the Anamim, the Lehavim, the Naftuhim, 12 the Patrusim, the Kasluhim, and the Kaftor people groups. (The Pelishtim descended from the Kasluhim people group.) 13 Kena’an’s first son was Tsidon (Sidon), and then he was also the ancestor of the Hitim, 14 the Yevusim, the Amorim, the Girgashim, 15 the Hivim, the Arkim, the Sinim, 16 the Arvadim, the Tsemarim, and the Hamatim.

17 Shem’s sons were Eylam, Ashur, Arpakshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram’s sons were: Uts (Uz), Hul, Geter, and Meshek. 18 Arpakshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Ever. 19 Ever had two sons: Peleg (which sounds like the Hebrew word for ‘divided’, because in his lifetime, the earth was divided)[ref] and Yaketan. 20 Yaketan was the ancestor of: Almodad, Shelef, Hatsarmavet, Yerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Eyval, Avimael, Sheva, 23 Ofir, Havilah, and Yovav. All those were the descendants of Yaketan.

24 These were the descendants of Shem (in order from him to Avraham ): Arpakshad, Shelah, 25 Ever, Peleg, Re’u, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 and Avram (whose name God later changed to Avraham).

5 This is the list of Adam’s descendants. When God had created humankind, he made them in his own likeness.[ref] 2 He created them as male and female,[ref] and he blessed them and named them ‘humans’. 3 When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son who was like him in many ways, and he named him Shet (Seth). 4 After Shet’s birth, Adam lived another 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

6 When Shet was 105 years old, he had a son named Enosh. 7 After Enosh’s birth, Shet lived another 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8 So Shet lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

9 When Enosh was 90 years old, he had a son named Keynan. 10 After Keynan’s birth, Enosh lived another 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11 So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.

12 When Keynan was 70 years old, he had a son named Mahalalel. 13 After Mahalalel’s birth, Keynan lived another 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 So Keynan lived a total of 910 years, and then he died.

15 When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he had a son named Yered (Jared). 16 After Yered’s birth, Mahalalel lived another 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17 So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.

18 When Yered was 162 years old, he had a son named Hanok (Enoch). 19 After Hanok’s birth, Yered lived another 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 So Yered lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

21 When Hanok was 65 years old, he had a son named Metushelah (Methuselah). 22 After Metushelah’s birth, Hanok walked with God for 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 So Hanok lived a total of 365 years. 24 Hanok walked with God, and then he was not there, because God took him away.[ref]

25 When Metushelah was 187 years old, he had a son named Lemek (Lamech). 26 After Lemek’s birth, Metushelah lived another 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 So Metushelah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.

28 When Lemek was 182 years old, he had a son 29 and he named him Noah (which sounds like the Hebrew word for ‘relief’) because he said, “This son will give us relief from the difficult work that we have to do because Yahweh has cursed the ground.” 30 After Noah’s birth, Lemek lived another 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 So Lemek lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

32 After Noah was 500 years old, he had sons whose names were Yefet (Japheth), Shem, and Ham.[fn]

10 These are the generations of Noah’s sons, Yefet (Japheth), Shem, and Ham, and their descendants born to them after the flood:

2 Yefet’s (Japheth) sons were Gomer, Magog, Maday, Yavan, Tuval, Meshek, and Tiras. 3 Gomer’s sons were Ashkenaz, Rifat, and Togarmah. 4 Yavan’s sons were Elishah and Tarshish, and Kitim[fn] and Dodanim. 5 From all those descendants, people spread out into areas near the coast, each group with their own language, and with all the clans making up their nations.

6 Ham’s sons were Kush, Mitsrayim, Put, and Kena’an (Canaan). 7 Kush’s sons were Seva, Havilah, Savtah, Raemah, and Savteka. Then Raemah’s sons were Sheva and Dedan. 8 Kush was also the father of Nimrod who became a mighty warrior on the earth. 9 Nimrod also became a terrific hunter noticed by Yahweh, so people said, “Like Nimrod, a terrific hunter noticed by Yahweh.” 10 His kingdom began in the cities of Bavel, Erek, Akad, and Keleneh, all in the Shin’ar region. 11 From that area he extended to Ashur (Assyria)[fn] where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehovot-Ir, Kelah, 12 and Resen, between Nineveh and the large city of Kelah.

13 Mitsrayim fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehavim, Naftuhim, 14 Patrusi, and Kasluhim (who the Pelishtim came from), and Kaftorim.

15 Kena’an (Canaan) fathered Tsidon (Sidon) his firstborn, then Het,[fn] 16 Yevusi, Amori, Girgashi. 17 Hivi, Arki, Sini, 18 Arvadi, Tsemari, and Hamati. Later on, the Kena’an clans spread in all directions 19 and their border went from Tsidon toward Gerar as far as Azah (Gaza), and then toward Sedom, Amorah (Gomorrah), Admah, and Tsevoim, as far as Lesha. 20 Those are Ham’s descendants according to their clans, languages, regions, and nations.

21 Shem (the younger brother of Yefet (Japheth)) also had some sons and became the ancestor of all the descendants of Ever. 22 Shem’s sons were Eylam, Ashur, Arpakshad, Lud, and Aram. 23 Aram’s sons were Uts (Uz), Hul, Geter, and Mash. 24 Arpakshad fathered Shelah, then Shelah fathered Ever. 25 Ever’s two sons were Peleg and Yaketan. (Peleg’s name means ‘division’, because it was during his lifetime that the earth was divided.[fn]) 26 Yaketan fathered Almodad, Shelef, Hatsarmavet, Yerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Oval, Avimael, Sheva, 29 Ofir, Havilah, and Yovav. (All of those were the sons of Yaketan.) 30 They lived in the area from Meysha then to Sefar in the eastern hills. 31 Those are Shem’s descendants according to their clans, languages, regions, and nations.

32 All of those are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations, and from them the nations spread out across the earth after the flood.

10 This is the record of Shem’s descendants: Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he had a son named Arpakshad. 11 After Arpakshad was born, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

12 When Arpakshad was thirty-five years old, he had a son named Shelah. 13 After Shelah was born, Arpakshad lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

14 When Shelah was thirty years old, he had a son named Ever. 15 After Ever was born, Shelah lived another 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

16 When Ever was thirty-four years old, he had a son named Peleg. 17 After Peleg was born, Ever lived another 430 years and had other sons and daughters

18 When Peleg was thirty years old, he had a son named Re’u. 19 After Re’u was born, Peleg lived another 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

20 When Re’u was thirty-two years old, he had a son named Serug. 21 After Serug was born, Re’u lived another 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

22 When Serug was thirty years old, he had a son named Nahor. 23 After Nahor was born, Serug lived another 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

24 When Nahor was twenty-nine years old, he had a son named Terah. 25 After Terah was born, Nahor lived another 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

26 After Terah was seventy years old, he had sons whose names were Avram, Nahor, and Haran.