Nations Descended from Noah

Genesis 10

1 Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. a And sons were born to them after the flood.

2 b The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, 1 Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and 2 Dodanim. 5 From these c the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

6 d The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, 3 Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush begot e Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9 He was a mighty f hunter g before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD." 10 h And the beginning of his kingdom was i Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land he went j to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city). 13 Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, and Casluhim k (from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim).

15 Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and l Heth; 16 m the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 17 the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; 18 the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed. 19 n And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20 These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

21 And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, 4 the brother of Japheth the elder. 22 The o sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, p Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and 5 Mash. 24 6 Arphaxad begot q Salah, and Salah begot Eber. 25 r To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was 7 Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. 26 Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 8 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.

32 s These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; t and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 9:1
    So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.
    Genesis 9:7
    And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.
    Genesis 9:19
    These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 1:5 - 7
    The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
  3. Cross References
    Genesis 11:8
    So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
    Psalms 72:10
    The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts.
    Jeremiah 2:10
    For pass beyond the coasts of Cyprus and see, Send to Kedar and consider diligently, And see if there has been such a thing.
    Jeremiah 25:22
    All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea.
  4. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 1:8 - 16
    The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
  5. Cross References
    Micah 5:6
    They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances; Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, When he comes into our land And when he treads within our borders.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 16:16
    Behold, I will send for many fishermen," says the LORD, "and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
    Micah 7:2
    The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
  7. Cross References
    Genesis 21:20
    So God was with the lad; and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
  8. Cross References
    Micah 5:6
    They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances; Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, When he comes into our land And when he treads within our borders.
  9. Cross References
    Genesis 11:9
    Therefore its name is called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of all the earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 25:18
    (They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He died in the presence of all his brethren.
    2 Kings 19:36
    So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
    Micah 5:6
    They shall waste with the sword the land of Assyria, And the land of Nimrod at its entrances; Thus He shall deliver us from the Assyrian, When he comes into our land And when he treads within our borders.
  11. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 1:12
    Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and the Caphtorim).
  12. Cross References
    Genesis 23:3
    Then Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying.
  13. Cross References
    Genesis 14:7
    Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazezon Tamar.
    Genesis 15:19 - 21
    The Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites.
    Deuteronomy 7:1
    When the LORD your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you.
    Nehemiah 9:8
    You found his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give the land of the Canaanites, The Hittites, the Amorites, The Perizzites, the Jebusites, And the Girgashites - To give it to his descendants. You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 13:12
    Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwel...
    Genesis 13:14
    And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separ...
    Genesis 13:15
    For all the land which you see I give to you an...
    Genesis 13:17
    "Arise, walk in the land through its length and...
    Genesis 15:18 - 21
    On the same day the LORD made a covenant with A...
    Numbers 34:2 - 12
    Command the children of Israel, and say to them...
  15. Cross References
    Genesis 11:10 - 26
    This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
    1 Chronicles 1:17 - 28
    The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
  16. Cross References
    Genesis 10:24
    Arphaxad begot Salah, and Salah begot Eber.
    Genesis 11:10
    This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood.
    Luke 3:36
    The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 11:12
    Arphaxad lived thirty-five years, and begot Salah.
    Luke 3:35
    The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah.
  18. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 1:19
    To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
  19. Cross References
    Genesis 10:1
    Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.
  20. Cross References
    Genesis 9:19
    These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
    Genesis 11:8
    So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
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