9. He was a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed. That’s why people used to say, “⌊He’s⌋ like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed.”
10. The first ⌊cities⌋ in his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in Shinar [Babylonia].
11. He went from that land to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
12. and Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah.
13. Egypt was the ancestor ofthe Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 14 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
15. Canaan was the father ofSidon his firstborn, then Heth,
16. also the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17. the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
18. the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.Later the Canaanite families scattered.
19. The border of the Canaanites extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim as far as Lasha.
20. These were Ham’s descendants by families and languages within their countries and nations.
21. Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had children. ⌊Shem was⌋ the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
22. Shem’s descendants wereElam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
23. Aram’s descendants wereUz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.