5. From these branched out the maritime nations.These are the descendants of Japheth by their lands, each with its own language, according to their clans, by their nations.
6. The descendants of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
7. The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8. Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first to become a mighty warrior on earth.
9. He was a mighty hunter in the eyes of the Lord; hence the saying, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter in the eyes of the Lord.”
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.