¹ Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were born sons after the flood.

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

³ And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.

⁴ And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim.

⁵ By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands, each one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

⁶ And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.

⁷ And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

⁸ And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be powerful in the earth.

⁹ He was a powerful hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, the powerful hunter before the LORD.

¹⁰ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

¹¹ Out of that land went forth Asshur, who built Nineveh and the city Rehoboth and Calah

¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; the same [is] a great city.

¹³ And Mizraim begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim

¹⁴ and Pathrusim and Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.

¹⁵ And Canaan begat Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

¹⁶ and Jebusi and Amori and Girgasi

¹⁷ and Hivi and Arki and Sini

¹⁸ and Arvadi and Zemari and Hamathi; and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

¹⁹ And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar unto Gaza, as thou goest, unto Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

²⁰ These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, [and] in their nations.

²¹ Unto Shem also, the father of all the sons of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, even to him were [sons] born.

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

²³ And the sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

²⁴ And Arphaxad begat Salah, and Salah begat Eber.

²⁵ And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of one [was] Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name [was] Joktan.

²⁶ And Joktan begat Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these [were] the sons of Joktan.

³⁰ And their dwelling was from Mesha as thou goest unto Sephar, mount of the east.

³¹ These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

³² These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their descendants, in their nations; and by these were the Gentiles divided in the earth after the flood.: