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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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/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="/bmc//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="/genesis/">Genesis</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/genesis/10.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/genesis/10.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/genesis/10.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/genesis/10.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/genesis/10.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/genesis/10.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/genesis/10.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Table of Nations<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../1_chronicles/1.htm#4">1 Chronicles 1:4–27</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood. <A name="3"></a><p class="subhdg">The Japhethites<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The sons of Japheth: <p class="tab1stline"> Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The sons of Gomer: <p class="tab1stline"> Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the sons of Javan: <p class="tab1stline"> Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations. <A name="7"></a><p class="subhdg">The Hamites<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The sons of Ham: <p class="tab1stline"> Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The sons of Cush: <p class="tab1stline"> Seba, Havilah, Sabtah,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> Raamah, and Sabteca. <p class="reg"> And the sons of Raamah: <p class="tab1stline"> Sheba and Dedan. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> on the earth. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He was a mighty hunter before<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.” <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> and of the Hittites, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. <p class="reg"> Later the Canaanite clans were scattered, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. <A name="22"></a><p class="subhdg">The Semites<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The sons of Shem: <p class="tab1stline"> Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The sons of Aram: <p class="tab1stline"> Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> and Shelah was the father of Eber. <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">k</a></span> because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. <A name="27"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Obal, Abimael, Sheba, <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country. <A name="32"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> SP and some MT manuscripts (see also LXX and <a href="../1_chronicles/1.htm#7">1 Chronicles 1:7</a>); most MT manuscripts <i>Dodanites</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <i>Sabtah</i><span class="thin"> </span> is a variant of <i>Sabta</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../1_chronicles/1.htm#9">1 Chronicles 1:9</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>who established himself as a mighty warrior</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>who became the first fearless leader</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>in defiance of</i><span class="thin"> </span>; twice in this verse<br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> That is, Babylonia<br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Some translators adjust the Hebrew word order to <i>the Casluhites, and the Caphtorites (from whom the Philistines came)</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see also <a href="../jeremiah/47.htm#4">Jeremiah 47:4</a> and <a href="../amos/9.htm#7">Amos 9:7</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Or <i>of the Sidonians, the foremost</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Or <i>Shem, whose older brother was Japheth</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Hebrew; LXX and <a href="../1_chronicles/1.htm#17">1 Chronicles 1:17</a> <i>Meshech</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> Hebrew; LXX (see also <a href="../luke/3.htm#35">Luke 3:35–36</a>) <i>And Arphaxad was the father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of Shelah,</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotesbot">k</span> <i>Peleg</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>division</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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