Genesis 10:6–20

The Hamites

10:6–20pp—1Ch 1:8–16

⁶The sons of Ham:

Cush,^p Egypt, Put^q and Canaan.^r

⁷The sons of Cush:

Seba,^s Havilah,^t Sabtah, Raamah^u and Sabteka.

The sons of Raamah:

Sheba^v and Dedan.^w

⁸Cush was the father^c of Nimrod,^x who became a mighty warrior on the earth. ⁹He was a mighty^y hunter^z before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.” ¹⁰The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon,^a Uruk,^b Akkad and Kalneh,^c in^d Shinar.^{ed 11}From that land he went to Assyria,^e where he built Nineveh,^f Rehoboth Ir,^f Calah ¹²and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.

¹³Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, ¹⁴Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines^g came) and Caphtorites.^h

¹⁵Canaanⁱ was the father of

Sidon^j his firstborn,^gk and of the Hittites,^{l 16}Jebusites,^m Amorites,ⁿ Girgashites,^{o 17}Hivites,^p Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁸Arvadites,^q Zemarites and Hamathites.^r

Later the Canaanite^s clans scattered ¹⁹and the borders of Canaan^t reached from Sidon^u toward Gerar^v as far as Gaza,^w and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim,^x as far as Lasha.

²⁰These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.