1 These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, These three had sons after flood.
2 The sons of Japheth - Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras - were the ancestors of peoples who bear their names. 3 The decendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togamah. 4 The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes; 5 they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
6 The sons of Ham - Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan -were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 7 The descendants of Cush were people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror. 9 By the LORD's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, "May the LORD make you as great a hunter as Nimord!" 10 At first his kingdom includes Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia. 11 From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveth, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
2 The sons of Japheth - Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras - were the ancestors of peoples who bear their names. 3 The decendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togamah. 4 The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes; 5 they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
6 The sons of Ham - Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan -were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 7 The descendants of Cush were people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror. 9 By the LORD's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, "May the LORD make you as great a hunter as Nimord!" 10 At first his kingdom includes Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia. 11 From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveth, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.