Genesis 10

1 (This is/I will now give) a list of the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had many children after the flood.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

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

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

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

The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

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

The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

5 Those sons and their families who were descended from Javan lived on the islands and on the land close to the [Mediterranean] Sea. Their descendants became tribes, each with its own language and clans and territory.

From these, the coastlands of the nations separated into their territories, every one according to its language, according to their families, in their nations.

6 The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7 The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

8 Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior.

Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.

9 Yahweh saw that he had become (OR, caused him to become) a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, “Yahweh (sees that you are/has caused you to be) a great hunter like Nimrod.”

He was a mighty hunter before God. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before God."

10 Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh.

And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 From there he went [with others] to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth Ir, and Calah,

12 and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah.

and Resen, between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

13 Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh,

And Mizraim became the father of Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14 Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh.

And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, which the Philistines descended from, and Caphtorim.

15 Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son.

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

16 Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash,

and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, and the Girgashites,

17 Hiv, Ark, Sin,

and the Hivites, and the Arkites, and the Sinites,

18 Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area.

and the Arvadites, and the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

19 Their land extended from Sidon [city] in the north as far south as Gaza [town], and then to the east as far as Gerar [town], and then farther east to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim [towns], and even as far as Lasha [town].

And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

20 Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

21 Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.

To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

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

The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

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

The sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

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

And Arpachshad became the father of Kenan. And Kenan became the father of Shelah. And Shelah became the father of Eber.

25 Eber became the father of two sons. One of them was named Peleg, [which means ‘division’], because during the time he lived, people on [MTY] the earth became divided and scattered everywhere. Peleg’s younger brother was Joktan.

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

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

And Joktan became the father of Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan.

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

30 The areas in which they lived extended from Mesha westward to Sephar, which is in the (hill country/area that has a lot of hills).

Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

31 They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land.

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.

32 All those groups descended from the sons of Noah. Each group had its own (genealogy/record of people’s ancestors) and each became a separate ethnic group. Those ethnic groups formed after the flood and spread all around the earth.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations, and from these the nations branched out on the earth after the flood.