Contemporary English Version Anglicised

1 Chronicles 1:8-17 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

8. Ham was the father of Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them.

9. Ethiopia was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan.

10. Ethiopia was also the father of Nimrod, the world's first mighty warrior.

11. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

12. Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines.

13. Canaan's eldest son was Sidon; his other son was Heth.

14-16. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

17. Shem was the ancestor of Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech; they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them.