Genesis 10

1 These ben the generaciouns of the sones of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And sones weren borun to hem aftir the greet flood.

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

2 The sones of Jafeth weren Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Jauan, and Tubal, and Mosoth, and Thiras.

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

3 Forsothe the sones of Gomer weren Asseneth, and Rifath, and Thogorma.

And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 Forsothe the sones of Jauan weren Helisa, and Tharsis, Cethym, and Dodanym;

And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish. Kittim, and Rodanim, —

5 of these sones the ylis of hethen men weren departid in her cuntrees, ech bi his langage and meynees, in hise naciouns.

From these, were dispersed [the inhabitants] of the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each man by his tongue, by their families in their nations.

6 Sotheli the sones of Cham weren Thus, and Mesraym, and Futh, and Chanaan.

And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.

7 Forsothe the sones of Thus weren Saba, and Euila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sones of Regma weren Saba, and Dadan.

And, the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah, and Sabtechah, —And the sons of Raamah, Sheba and Dedan.

8 Forsothe Thus gendride Nemroth; he bigan to be myyti in erthe,

And, Cush begat Nimrod.—he, became a hero in the earth;

9 and he was a strong huntere of men bifore the Lord; of hym a prouerbe yede out, as Nemroth, a strong huntere bifore the Lord.

he, became a hero of hunting before Yahweh, for this cause, it is said. Like Nimrod, a hero of hunting before Yahweh.

10 Sotheli the bigynnyng of his rewme was Babiloyne, and Arach, and Archad, and Thalamye, in the lond of Sennaar.

So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11 Assur yede out of that lond, and bildide Nynyue, `and stretis of the citee,

From that land, went forth Asshur, —and he built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah:

12 and Chale, and Resen bitwixe Nynyue and Chale; this is a greet citee.

and Resen, between Niveveh and Calah, —the same is the great city.

13 And sotheli Mesraym gendride Ludym, and Anamym, and Laabym, Neptuym, and Ferrusym, and Cesluym;

And, Mizraim, begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim, and Naphtuchim;

14 of which the Filisteis and Capturym camen forth.

and Pathrusim and Casluhim whence came forth Philistim and Caphtorim.

15 Forsothe Chanaan gendride Sidon, his firste gendride sone, Ethei, and Jebusei,

And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth:

16 and Amorrei, Gergesei,

and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

17 Euei, and Arathei,

and the Hivite and the Arkite, and the Sinite:

18 Ceney, and Aradie, Samarites, and Amathei; and puplis of Chananeis weren sowun abrood bi these men.

and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite, —and after-wards, were spread abroad the families of the Canaanite.

19 And the termes of Chanaan weren maad to men comynge fro Sidon to Gerara, til to Gasa, til thou entre in to Sodom and Gomore, and Adama, and Seboyne, til to Lesa.

And it came to pass that the boundary of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou enterest in towards Gerar unto Gaza, —as thou enterest in towards Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.

20 These weren the sones of Cham, in her kynredis, and langagis, and generaciouns, and londis, and folkis.

These, are the sons of Ham, by their families by their tongues, in their lands in their nations.

21 Also of Sem weren borun the fadris of alle the sones of Heber, and Japhet was the more brother.

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

22 The sones of Sem weren Elam, and Assur, and Arfaxath, and Lud, and Aram.

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

23 The sones of Aram weren Vs, and Hul, and Gether, and Mes.

And, the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul, and Gether and Mash.

24 And sotheli Arfaxath gendride Sale, of whom Heber was borun.

Now Arpachshad, begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.

25 And twei sones weren borun to Heber, the name to o sone was Faleg, for the lond was departid in hise daies; and the name of his brothir was Jectan.

And to Eber, were born two sons, —the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days, was the earth divided, and the name of his brother was Joktan.

26 And thilke Jectan gendride Elmodad, and Salech,

Now, Joktan, begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah;

27 and Asamoth, Jare, and Adhuram, and Vsal,

and Hadoram and Uzal, and Diklah:

28 and Deda, and Ebal, and Abymahel, Saba, and Ofir, and Euila, and Jobab;

and Obal and Abimael, and Sheba:

29 alle these weren the sones of Jectan.

and Ophir and Havilah, and Jobab—all these were sons of Joktan.

30 And the habitacioun of hem was maad fro Messa, as `me goith til to Sefar, an hil of the eest.

And it came to pass that their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou enterest in towards Sephar, the mountain of the east.

31 These ben the sones of Sem, bi kynredis, and langagis, and cuntrees, in her folkis.

These are the sons of Shem, by their families by their tongues, in their lands by their nations.

32 These ben the meynees of Noe, bi her puplis and naciouns; folkis in erthe weren departid of these aftir the greet flood.

These, are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations in their nations, and from these, were dispersed the nations in the earth after the flood.