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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Genesis 10 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/genesis/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Genesis 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/9.htm" title="Genesis 9">◄</a> Genesis 10 <a href="../genesis/11.htm" title="Genesis 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/genesis/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Descendants and Nations from Noah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>These are the records<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:1 Or generations">a</a></span> of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom descendants<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:1 Lit. sons, and so throughout the chapter">b</a></span> were born after the flood.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Japheth’s descendants included<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:2 The Heb. lacks included; and so throughout the chapter">c</a></span> Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Gomer’s descendants included Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Javan’s descendants included Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:4 So MT; LXX and a Heb. mss. read Rodanim; Cf. 1Chr 1:7">d</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>from whom the coastal peoples spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups.</p> <p class="heading">Ham’s Descendants</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Ham’s descendants included Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Cush’s descendants included Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca.</p> <p class="reg">Raamah’s descendants included Sheba and Dedan.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Cush fathered Nimrod, who became the first fearless<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:8 Or valiant">e</a></span> leader throughout the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He became a fearless<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:9 Or valiant">f</a></span> hunter in defiance of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:9 Lit. hunter before">g</a></span> the LORD. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a fearless hunter in defiance of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:9 Lit. hunter before">h</a></span> the LORD.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>His kingdom began in the region<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:10 Lit. land">i</a></span> of Shinar<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="0:10 i.e. southern Mesopotamia or Babylonia">j</a></span> with the cities of<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:10 The Heb. lacks the cities of">k</a></span> Babylon, Erech,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:10 Or Uruk">l</a></span> Akkad, and Calneh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>From there<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:11 Lit. from that land">m</a></span> he went north<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:11 The Heb. lacks north">n</a></span> to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>along with Resen, which was located between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Egypt fathered the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from which came the Philistines), and the Caphtorites.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, along with the Hittites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.</p> <p class="reg">Later, the Canaanite families were widely scattered. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The Canaanite border extended south<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:19 The Heb. lacks south">o</a></span> from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:19 The Heb. lacks east">p</a></span> toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These are Ham’s descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups.</p> <p class="heading">Shem’s Descendants</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had descendants.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:21 Lit. sons">q</a></span> Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Shem’s sons included Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Aram’s descendants included Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Arpachshad fathered Cainan, Cainan fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:24 So with LXX (cf. Gen. 11:12-13 & Luke 3:35-36); the Heb. lacks Cainan, Cainan fathered.">r</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>To Eber were born two sons. One was named Peleg,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="10:25 The Heb. name Peleg sounds like the Heb. verb divided">s</a></span> because the earth was divided during his lifetime. His brother was named Joktan.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Obal, Abimael, Sheba, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan’s descendants. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Their settlements extended from Mesha towards Sephar, the eastern hill country.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>These are Shem’s descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>These are the families of Noah’s sons, according to their records, by their nations. From these people, the nations on the earth spread out after the flood.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 10:1 Or <i>generations</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 10:1 Lit. s<i>ons</i>, and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 10:2 The Heb. lacks <i>included</i>; and so throughout the chapter<br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 10:4 So MT; LXX and a Heb. mss. read <i>Rodanim; </i>Cf. 1Chr 1:7<br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 10:8 Or <i>valiant</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 10:9 Or <i>valiant</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 10:9 Lit. <i>hunter before</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 10:9 Lit. <i>hunter before</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 10:10 Lit. <i>land</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 0:10 i.e. southern Mesopotamia or Babylonia<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 10:10 The Heb. lacks <i>the cities of</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 10:10 Or <i>Uruk</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 10:11 Lit. <i>from that land</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 10:11 The Heb. lacks <i>north</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 10:19 The Heb. lacks <i>south</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 10:19 The Heb. lacks <i>east</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 10:21 Lit. <i>sons</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 10:24 So with LXX (cf. 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