Genesis 10:1–11

Nations Descended from Noah

¹⁰These are the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children were born to them after the flood.

²The descendants of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.^{* 3}The descendants of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁴The descendants of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.^{d 5}From these the coastland peoples spread. These are the descendants of Japheth^e in their lands, with their own language, by their families, in their nations.^*

⁶The descendants of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.^{* 7}The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. ⁸Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior. ⁹He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.”^{* 10}The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.^{* 11}From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah, and