God's Word Translation

1 Chronicles 1:6-21 God's Word Translation (GW)

6. Gomer’s descendants were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

7. Javan’s descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.

8. Ham’s descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

9. Cush’s descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raama’s descendants were Sheba and Dedan.

10. Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth.

11. Egypt was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

12. Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

13. Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, then Heth,

14. also the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

15. the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

16. the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

17. The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

18. Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

19. Two sons were born to Eber. The name of the one was Peleg [Division], because in his day the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.

20. Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

21. Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,