Genesis 10:1-10 ▼

1 These are the family records of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They also had sons after the flood.

2 Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3 Gomer’s sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 And Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 From these descendants, the peoples of the coasts and islands spread out into their lands according to their clans in their nations, each with its own language.

6 Ham’s sons: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7 Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And Raamah’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.

8 Cush fathered Nimrod, who began to be powerful in the land.

9 He was a powerful hunter in the sight of the LORD. That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a powerful hunter in the sight of the LORD.”

10 His kingdom started with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.