10. His kingdom originated in Babylon, Erech and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.
11. From that land he went forth to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,
12. as well as Resen, between Nineveh and Calah, the latter being the principal city.
13. Mizraim became the father of the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim,
14. the Pathrusim, the Casluhim, and the Caphtorim from whom the Philistines came.
15. Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and of Heth;
16. also of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17. the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
18. the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward, the clans of the Canaanites spread out,
19. so that the Canaanite borders extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar, near Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
20. These are the descendants of Ham, according to their clans, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations.
21. To Shem also, Japheth’s oldest brother and the ancestor of all the children of Eber, children were born.
22. The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram.
23. The descendants of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash.
24. Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.