1. This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
2. The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3. The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4. The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Dodanim.
5. From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.
6. The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7. The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8. Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.
9. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)