Genesis 10

Descendants of Ham Genesis 10:6–20

⁶Verse 6. The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. ⁷Verse 7. The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan. ⁸Verse 8. Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth. ⁹Verse 9. He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh”. ¹⁰Verse 10. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ¹¹Verse 11. Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

¹²Verse 12. and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah. ¹³Verse 13. Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ¹⁴Verse 14. Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim. ¹⁵Verse 15. Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth, ¹⁶Verse 16. the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ¹⁷Verse 17. the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

¹⁸Verse 18. the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. ¹⁹Verse 19. The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha. ²⁰Verse 20. These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

Descendants of Shem Genesis 10:21–31

²¹Verse 21. Children were also born to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth. ²²Verse 22. The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. ²³Verse 23. The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ²⁴Verse 24. Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. ²⁵Verse 25. 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. ²⁶Verse 26. Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²⁷Verse 27. Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²⁸Verse 28. Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ²⁹Verse 29. Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. ³⁰Verse 30. Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. ³¹Verse 31. These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.

Summary of Nations Genesis 10:32

³²Verse 32. These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.