1 Chronicles 1:4–27

⁴The sons of Noah:^a

Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵The sons of Japheth:

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

⁶The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath,^b and Togarmah.

⁷And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

⁸The sons of Ham:

Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁹The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta,^c Raamah, and Sabteca.

The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one^d on the earth.

¹¹Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, ¹²the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.^e

¹³And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn,^f and of the Hittites,^{g 14}the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, ¹⁵the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ¹⁶the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

¹⁷The sons of Shem:

Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

[The sons of Aram:]^h Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.ⁱ

¹⁸Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

¹⁹Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg,^j because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

²⁰And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Obal,^k Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

²⁴So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,^{l 25}Eber, Peleg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah, ²⁷and Abram (that is, Abraham).