Capítulo 10

1 - This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.

2 - ?The Japhethites?
The sons [Sons] may mean [descendants] or [successors] or [nations]; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31. of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.

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

4 - The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.

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

6 - ?The Hamites?
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.

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

8 - Cush was the father [Father] may mean [ancestor] or [predecessor] or [founder]; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26. of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.

9 - He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord."

10 - The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Or [Uruk and Akkad - all of them in] Shinar. That is, Babylonia

11 - From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Or [Nineveh with its city squares] Calah

12 - and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah - which is the great city.

13 - Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

14 - Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

15 - Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Or [of the Sidonians, the foremost] and of the Hittites,

16 - Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

17 - Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

18 - Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered

19 - and 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.

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

21 - ?The Semites?
Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Or [Shem, the older brother of] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.

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

23 - The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.

24 - Arphaxad was the father of Hebrew; Septuagint [father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of] Shelah, and Shelah the father of Eber.

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

26 - Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

27 - Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

28 - Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

29 - Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

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

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

32 - These 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.