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.

And these [are] births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.

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

'Sons of Japheth [are] 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 sons of Gomer [are] Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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

And sons of Javan [are] Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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

By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

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

And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, 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 sons of Cush [are] Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah [are] Sheba and Dedan.

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

And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

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 hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, 'As Nimrod the hero [in] hunting before Jehovah.'

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

And the first part of his kingdom is 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 he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

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

and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it [is] the great city.

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

And Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,

14 of which the Filisteis and Capturym camen forth.

and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim, ) and the Caphtorim.

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

And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, 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 afterwards have the families of the Canaanite been scattered.

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 the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; [in] thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.

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

These [are] 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.

As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:

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

Sons of Shem [are] Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

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

And sons of Aram [are] Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

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

And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten 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 have two sons been born; the name of the one [is] Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided, ) and his brother's name [is] Joktan.

26 And thilke Jectan gendride Elmodad, and Salech,

And Joktan hath begotten 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 [are] 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 their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east.

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

These [are] 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] families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.