The Semites

10:21–31pp—Ge 11:10–27; 1Ch 1:17–27

21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother wash Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.y

22 The sons of Shem:

Elam,z Ashur,a Arphaxad,b Lud and Aram.c

23 The sons of Aram:

Uz,d Hul, Gether and Meshek.i

24 Arphaxad was the father ofj Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.e

25 Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,k because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

26 Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal,f Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,g 29 Ophir,h Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

30 The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

31 These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons,i according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earthj after the flood.