10. At first Nimrod’s kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.
11. From there he went to Assyria, where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, and Calah.
12. He also built Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah.
13. Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14. Pathrusites, Casluhites, and the people of Crete. (The Philistines came from the Casluhites.)
15. Canaan was the father of Sidon, his first son, and of Heth.
16. He was also the father of the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
17. Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
18. Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. The families of the Canaanites scattered.
19. Their land reached from Sidon to Gerar as far as Gaza, and then to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
20. All these people were the sons of Ham, and all these families had their own languages, their own lands, and their own nations.
21. Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. One of his descendants was the father of all the sons of Eber.
22. The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23. The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
24. Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.