Genesis 10:15-32

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¹⁵Canaan^(A) was the father of

Sidon^(B) his firstborn,^[a]^(C) and of the Hittites,^(D) ¹⁶Jebusites,^(E) Amorites,^(F) Girgashites,^(G) ¹⁷Hivites,^(H) Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁸Arvadites,^(I) Zemarites and Hamathites.^(J)

Later the Canaanite^(K) clans scattered ¹⁹and the borders of Canaan^(L) reached from Sidon^(M) toward Gerar^(N) as far as Gaza,^(O) and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim,^(P) as far as Lasha.

²⁰These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

The Semites^(Q)

²¹Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was^[b] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.^(R)

²²The sons of Shem:

Elam,^(S) Ashur,^(T) Arphaxad,^(U) Lud and Aram.^(V)

²³The sons of Aram:

Uz,^(W) Hul, Gether and Meshek.^[c]

²⁴Arphaxad was the father of^[d] Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.^(X)

²⁵Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,^[e] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

²⁶Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²⁷Hadoram, Uzal,^(Y) Diklah, ²⁸Obal, Abimael, Sheba,^(Z) ²⁹Ophir,^(AA) Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

³⁰The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

³¹These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

³²These are the clans of Noah’s sons,^(AB) according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth^(AC) after the flood.

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Footnotes

Genesis 10:15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost
Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of
Genesis 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.
Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of
Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.