8. The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9. The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
10. Nimrod, a descendant of Cush, grew up to become the strongest and bravest soldier in the world.
11. Mizraim was the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,
12. Pathrus, Casluh, and Caphtor. (The Philistines came from Casluh.)
13. Canaan was the father of Sidon. Sidon was his first child. Canaan was also the father of the Hittites,
14. Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
15. Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
16. Arvadites, Zemarites, and the people from Hamath.
17. Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. Aram’s sons were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
18. Arphaxad was the father of Shelah. Shelah was the father of Eber.
19. Eber had two sons. One son was named Peleg, because the people on the earth were divided into different languages during his lifetime. Peleg’s brother was named Joktan.
20. (Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
21. Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
22. Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
23. Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these men were Joktan’s sons.)
24. Shem’s descendants were Arphaxad, Shelah,