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and unto them were sons born after the flood. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said: ‘Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and Resen between Nineveh and Calah—the same is the great city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and Pathrusim, and Casluhim—whence went forth the Philistines—and Caphtorim. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn, and Heth; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the border of the Canaanite was from Zidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. <p class="section"></p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was <span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span>Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><br>{fn: a} That is, Division.</span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/genesis/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); 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