Genesis 10 :: New International Version (NIV)

The Table of Nations

(1Ch 1:5–27 )

Gen 10:1

Gen 10:1This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.

The Japhethites

Gen 10:2

Gen 10:2The sons[fn] of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.

Gen 10:3

Gen 10:3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.

Gen 10:4

Gen 10:4The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.[fn]

Gen 10:5

Gen 10:5(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)

The Hamites

Gen 10:6

Gen 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.

Gen 10:7

Gen 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Gen 10:8

Gen 10:8Cush was the father[fn] of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.

Gen 10:9

Gen 10:9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

Gen 10:10

Gen 10:10The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in[fn] Shinar.[fn]

Gen 10:11

Gen 10:11From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir,[fn] Calah

Gen 10:12

Gen 10:12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.

Gen 10:13

Gen 10:13Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

Gen 10:14

Gen 10:14Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

Gen 10:15

Gen 10:15Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,[fn] and of the Hittites,

Gen 10:16

Gen 10:16Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

Gen 10:17

Gen 10:17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

Gen 10:18

Gen 10:18Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered

Gen 10:19

Gen 10:19and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.

Gen 10:20

Gen 10:20These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

The Semites

Gen 10:21

Gen 10:21Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was[fn] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.

Gen 10:22

Gen 10:22The sons of Shem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

Gen 10:23

Gen 10:23The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.[fn]

Gen 10:24

Gen 10:24Arphaxad was the father of[fn] Shelah, and Shelah the father of Eber.

Gen 10:25

Gen 10:25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,[fn] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

Gen 10:26

Gen 10:26Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Gen 10:27

Gen 10:27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

Gen 10:28

Gen 10:28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Gen 10:29

Gen 10:29Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

Gen 10:30

Gen 10:30The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

Gen 10:31

Gen 10:31These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

Gen 10:32

Gen 10:32These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.

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NIV Footnotes

(10:2)

Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.

(10:4)

Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites

(10:8)

Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.

(10:10)

Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in

(10:10)

That is, Babylonia

(10:11)

Or Nineveh with its city squares

(10:15)

Or of the Sidonians, the foremost

(10:21)

Or Shem, the older brother of