¹This is the account of Noah’s sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. ²The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ³The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁴The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Dodanim. ⁵From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations. ⁶The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ⁷The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. ⁸Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth. ⁹He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)¹⁰The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. ¹¹From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, ¹²and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah. ¹³Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, ¹⁴Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorites. ¹⁵Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth, ¹⁶the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁷Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁸Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered ¹⁹and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha. ²⁰These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations. ²¹And sons were also born to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber. ²²The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. ²³The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ²⁴Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. ²⁵Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan. ²⁶Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²⁸Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. ³⁰Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern hills. ³¹These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations. ³²These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.