1. These are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and of the sons who were born to them after the great flood.
2. The sons of Japheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3. And then the sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4. And the sons of Javan were Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
5. The islands of the Gentiles were divided by these into their regions, each one according to his tongue, and their families in their nations.
6. And the Sons of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
7. And the sons of Cush were Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dadan.
8. And then Cush conceived Nimrod; he began to be powerful on the earth.
9. And he was an able hunter before the Lord. From this, a proverb came forth: 'Just like Nimrod, an able hunter before the Lord.'
10. And so, the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Erech, and Accad, and Chalanne, in the land of Shinar.
11. From that land, Assur came forth, and he built Nineveh, and the streets of the city, and Calah,