Genesis 10:1–11

The 14 Descendants of Japheth—1 Chronicles 1:4–7

¹This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their descendants. Shem, Ham and Japheth had children after the flood. 

²Japheth’s descendants were 

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 

³Gomer’s descendants were 

Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 

⁴Javan’s descendants were 

the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.^a

⁵From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families. 

The 30 Descendants of Ham—1 Chronicles 1:8–16

⁶Ham’s descendants were 

Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 

⁷Cush’s descendants were 

Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. 

Raamah’s descendants were 

Sheba and Dedan. 

⁸Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth. ⁹He was a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed. That’s why people used to say, “⸤He’s⸥ like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed.” ¹⁰The first ⸤cities⸥ in his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in Shinar ^[Babylonia^[. ¹¹He went from that land to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,