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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" /><title>Genesis 10 NLT</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="../">NLT</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">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/genesis/10.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is the account of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons of Noah. Many children were born to them after the great flood.</p><p class="hdg">Descendants of Japheth</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.</p><p class="hdg">Descendants of Ham</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.</p><p class="pm"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Since he was the greatest hunter in the world,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>From there he expanded his territory to Assyria,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Pathrusites, Casluhites, and the Caphtorites, from whom the Philistines came.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a></p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. The Canaanite clans eventually spread out, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.</p><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These were the descendants of Ham, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.</p><p class="hdg">Descendants of Shem</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> and Shelah was the father of Eber.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means “division”), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother’s name was Joktan.</p><p class="li1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Joktan was the ancestor of 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 descendants of Joktan. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The territory they occupied extended from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern mountains.</p><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.</p><p class="hdg">Conclusion</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>These are the clans that descended from Noah’s sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:4 </span><span class="ft">As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek version (see also 1 Chr 1:7); most Hebrew manuscripts read </span><span class="it">Dodanim.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">a great hunter before the </span><span class="sc"><span class="it">Lord</span></span><span class="it">;</span><span class="ft"> also in 10:9b.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:10 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Shinar.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">From that land Assyria went out.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Casluhites, from whom the Philistines came, and Caphtorites.</span><span class="ft"> Compare Jer 47:4; Amos 9:7.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">ancestor of Heth.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Shem, whose older brother was Japheth.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">10:24 </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">Arphaxad was the father of Cainan, Cainan was the father of Shelah.</span><span class="ft"> Compare Luke 3:36.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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