1 Now these are the generations of the sonnes of Noah, Shem, Ham and Iapheth: vnto whom sonnes were borne after the flood. 2 The sonnes of Iapheth were Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Iauan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sonnes of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 Also the sonnes of Iauan, Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 Of these were the yles of the Gentiles deuided in their landes, euery man after his tongue, and after their families in their nations. 6 Moreouer, ye sonnes of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. 7 And the sonnes of Cush, Seba and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: also the sonnes of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. 8 And Cush begate Nimrod, who began to be mightie in the earth. 9 He was a mightie hunter before the Lord. wherefore it is saide, As Nimrod the mightie hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land came Asshur, and builded Niniueh, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah: 12 Resen also betweene Niniueh and Calah: this is a great citie. 13 And Mizraim begate Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim. 14 Pathrusim also, and Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistims) and Caphtorims. 15 Also Canaan begat Zidon his first borne, and Heth, 16 And Iebusi, and Emori, and Girgashi, 17 And Hiui, and Arki, and Sini, 18 And Aruadi, and Zemari, and Hamathi: and afterwarde were the families of the Canaanites spred abroade. 19 Then the border of the Canaanites was from Zidon, as thou commest to Gerar vntil Azzah, and as thou goest vnto Sodom, and Gomorah, and Admah, and Zeboijm, euen vnto Lasha. 20 These are the sonnes of Ham according to their families, according to their tongues in their countries and in their nations. 21 Vnto Shem also the father of all the sonnes of Eber, and elder brother of Iapheth were children borne. 22 The sonnes of Shem were Elam and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the sonnes of Aram, Vz and Hul, and Gether and Mash. 24 Also Arpachshad begate Shelah, and Shelah begate Eber. 25 Vnto Eber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg: for in his dayes was the earth diuided: and his brothers name was Ioktan. 26 Then Ioktan begate Almodad and Sheleph, and Hazarmaueth, and Ierah, 27 And Hadoram, and Vzal, and Dicklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar a mount of the East. 31 These are the sonnes of Shem according to their families, according to their tongues, in their countreis and nations. 32 These are the families of the sonnes of Noah, after their generations among their people: and out of these were the nations diuided in the earth after the flood.
Genesis 10 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abimael
Listed among the thirteen sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem through Eber.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22
Almodad
Listed among the thirteen sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem through Eber.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20
Anamim
Listed among those whom Mizraim fathered in the Table of Nations (BSB: 'the Anamites').
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:13; 1 Chronicles 1:11
Aram
A son of Shem and ancestor of the Arameans, the peoples of Syria.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:22-23
Arphaxad
Born two years after the flood, a link from Shem toward Abraham.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:22–24; 11:10–13
Ashkenaz
Listed first among the sons of Gomer in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:3; 1 Chronicles 1:6
Asshur
A son of Shem and ancestor of the Assyrians of the upper Tigris.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:22
Canaan
A son of Ham and ancestor of the Canaanites who peopled the Promised Land.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:6,15-19
Casluhim
Listed among those whom Mizraim fathered in the Table of Nations (BSB: 'the Casluhites'), from whom the Philistines came.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:14; 1 Chronicles 1:12
Cush
A son of Ham and ancestor of the Cushites of Ethiopia and Nubia.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:6-8
Dedan
Listed with Sheba as a son of Raamah, Cush's son, in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9
Eber
The name behind the word 'Hebrew,' father of Peleg.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:24–25; 11:14–17
Elam
A son of Shem and ancestor of the Elamites east of Babylon, near Persia.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:22
Elishah
Listed first among the sons of Javan in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7
Gether
Listed among the sons of Aram in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:23; 1 Chronicles 1:17
Gomer
A son of Japheth and ancestor of northern peoples linked to the Cimmerians.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:2-3
Hadoram
Listed among the thirteen sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem through Eber.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:27; 1 Chronicles 1:21
Ham
A son of Noah whose descendants filled the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 9:18–25; 10:6–20
Heth
Listed after Sidon among those whom Canaan fathered in the Table of Nations (BSB: 'the Hittites').
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:15; 1 Chronicles 1:13
Hul
Listed among the sons of Aram in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:23; 1 Chronicles 1:17
Kittim
Listed among the sons of Javan (BSB: 'the Kittites'), one of the maritime peoples that separated into their territories.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7
Lehabim
Listed among those whom Mizraim fathered in the Table of Nations (BSB: 'the Lehabites').
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:13; 1 Chronicles 1:11
Lud
A son of Shem and ancestor of a people traditionally placed in Asia Minor.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:22
Ludim
Listed among those whom Mizraim fathered in the Table of Nations (BSB: 'the Ludites').
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:13; 1 Chronicles 1:11
Madai
A son of Japheth and ancestor of the Medes of the Iranian plateau.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:2
Magog
A son of Japheth associated with the peoples of the far north.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:2
Mash
Listed last among the sons of Aram in Genesis 10:23 (the BSB reads 'Meshech' for this son in 1 Chronicles 1:17).
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:23; 1 Chronicles 1:17
Meshech
A son of Japheth associated with peoples of Asia Minor near Tubal.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:2
Mizraim
A son of Ham and ancestor of the Egyptians; his name is the Hebrew word for Egypt.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:6,13
Naphtuhim
Listed among those whom Mizraim fathered in the Table of Nations (BSB: 'the Naphtuhites').
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:13; 1 Chronicles 1:11
Nimrod
A son of Cush, a mighty hunter before the LORD and founder of the first empire.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:8-12
Obal
Listed among the thirteen sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem through Eber.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22
Ophir
Listed among the thirteen sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem through Eber.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:29; 1 Chronicles 1:23
Pathrusim
Listed among those whom Mizraim fathered in the Table of Nations (BSB: 'the Pathrusites').
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:14; 1 Chronicles 1:12
Peleg
In his days, Scripture says, the earth was divided.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:25; 11:16–19
Put
A son of Ham and ancestor of the peoples of Libya, west of Egypt.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:6
Raamah
Listed among the sons of Cush in the Table of Nations, and the father of Sheba and Dedan.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9
Riphath
Listed among the sons of Gomer in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:3; 1 Chronicles 1:6
Sabtah
Listed among the sons of Cush in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9
Seba
Listed first among the sons of Cush in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9
Sheba
Listed among the thirteen sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem through Eber.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:28; 1 Chronicles 1:22
Sheba
Listed with Dedan as a son of Raamah, Cush's son, in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:7; 1 Chronicles 1:9
Shelah
A quiet link in the line from Shem to Eber and Abraham.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:24; 11:12–15
Sheleph
Listed among the thirteen sons of Joktan, a descendant of Shem through Eber.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20
Shem
Noah's blessed son, ancestor of the Semitic peoples and of Abraham.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 9:18–10:31; 11:10–26
Tarshish
Listed among the sons of Javan in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:4; 1 Chronicles 1:7
Tiras
A son of Japheth linked by tradition to seafaring peoples of the Aegean.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:2
Togarmah
Listed among the sons of Gomer in the Table of Nations.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 10:3; 1 Chronicles 1:6
Tubal
A son of Japheth linked to peoples of Asia Minor near the Black Sea.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 10:2
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 2:4; Genesis 9:7; Matthew 1:1; Genesis 9:1; Genesis 9:19
- 2 Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 38:6; Isaiah 66:19; 1 Chronicles 1:5–7; Revelation 20:8
- 3 Ezekiel 27:14; Jeremiah 51:27
- 4 Daniel 11:30; Numbers 24:24; Isaiah 23:12; Isaiah 23:1; Ezekiel 27:25
- 5 Zephaniah 2:11; Isaiah 42:4; Jeremiah 2:10; Jeremiah 25:22; Genesis 10:20
- 6 1 Chronicles 1:8–16; Psalm 106:22; Psalm 105:27; Genesis 9:22; Isaiah 11:11
- 7 Ezekiel 27:22; Ezekiel 27:15; 1 Kings 10:1; Genesis 2:11; Isaiah 21:13
- 8 Micah 5:6
- 9 2 Chronicles 28:22; Genesis 6:11; Genesis 27:30; Genesis 25:27; Genesis 13:13
- 10 Genesis 11:9; Genesis 11:2; Genesis 14:1; Micah 4:10; Isaiah 39:1
- 11 Micah 5:6; Jonah 1:2; Nahum 1:1; Psalm 83:8; Isaiah 37:37
- 13 Jeremiah 46:9; 1 Chronicles 1:11–12; Ezekiel 30:5
- 14 Jeremiah 47:4; 1 Chronicles 1:12; Amos 9:7; Deuteronomy 2:23; Jeremiah 44:1
- 15 Numbers 34:2–15; Exodus 34:11; 1 Chronicles 1:13; Genesis 23:3; Genesis 15:18–21
- 16 Zechariah 9:7; Judges 1:21; 2 Samuel 24:18
- 17 Genesis 34:2
- 18 2 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 17:30; Isaiah 10:9; Ezekiel 27:8; 2 Samuel 8:9
- 19 Genesis 14:2; Genesis 19:24–25; Joshua 14:1–15; Hosea 11:8; Judges 16:1
- 20 Genesis 10:6; Genesis 11:1–9
- 21 Numbers 24:24; Genesis 11:10–26
- 22 Isaiah 66:19; Acts 2:9; Isaiah 21:2; Jeremiah 49:34–39; Genesis 9:26
- 23 Job 1:1; Jeremiah 25:20
- 24 Luke 3:35; Genesis 11:12–15
- 25 1 Chronicles 1:19; Genesis 10:32; Deuteronomy 32:8; Acts 17:26; Luke 3:35–36
- 26 1 Chronicles 1:20–28
- 27 1 Chronicles 1:20–28
- 28 1 Kings 10:1; Genesis 25:3; 1 Chronicles 1:20–28
- 29 1 Kings 9:28; Job 22:24; Psalm 45:9; 1 Samuel 15:7; 1 Kings 22:48
- 30 Numbers 23:7
- 31 Genesis 10:5; Genesis 10:20; Acts 17:26
- 32 Genesis 9:19; Acts 17:26; Genesis 10:1; Genesis 5:29–31; Genesis 10:25
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For we read, "Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder, were children born." This is the order of the words: And to Shem was born Heber, even to himself, that is, to Shem himself was born Heber, and Shem is the father of all his children.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And unquestionably it is this which fulfills the promise I made, that it should appear why it is said of the sons of Heber, "The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided." For what can we understand by the division of the earth, if not the diversity of languages?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… himself gave to his son this name Peleg, which means Division; because he was born when the earth was divided, that is, at the very time of the division, and that this is the meaning of the words, "In his days the earth was divided." For unless Heber had been still alive when the languages were multiplied, the language which …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)