Table of Nations – Genesis 10

The Japhethites [a]: , , , , , , Meshek and

Gomer Javan Magog, Madai, , Tubal, Meshek and Tiras , , , the Kittites and the Rodanites.[b] (From these the No descendants listed in Genesis and maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans 10 within their nations, each with its own language.)

The , and

Cush (Mizraim) Canaan Seba, , Sabtah, and Sabteka Raamah (see Ludites, Anamites, Sidon his firstborn,[g] and of the below), (see below) Lehabites, Naphtuhites, , Jebusites, Amorites, Pathrusites, Kasluhites Girgashites, Hivites, Arkites, Cush was the father[c] of Nimrod, who became a (from whom the Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites and mighty warrior on the earth. He was a mighty hunter Philistines came) and Hamathites before the Lord; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a Caphtorites mighty hunter before the Lord.”

Raamah Nimrod Later the Canaanite clans and The first centers of his kingdom were scattered and the borders of Dedan. , Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in[d] Canaan reached from Sidon .[e] From that land he went to toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and , where he built , then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Rehoboth Ir,[f] Calah and , which Admah and Zeboyim, as far as is between Nineveh and Calah—which Lasha. is the great city.

The Semites who’s older brother was [h] : Elam, , Arphaxad, Lud and Aram

Aram Arphaxad Shelah Uz, Hul, Gether father of[j] Eber, Joktan and Meshek.[i] Shelah

Eber Joktan Peleg,[k] Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, because in his Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. The region where time the earth they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill was divided country a. Genesis 10:2 Sons may mean descendants or successors d. Genesis 10:10 Or Uruk and Akkad—all of them in or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31. e. Genesis 10:10 That is, Babylonia b. Genesis 10:4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text f. Genesis 10:11 Or Nineveh with its city squares and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also and 1 g. Genesis 10:15 Or of the Sidonians, the foremost Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text h. Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of Dodanites I Genesis 10:23 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew c. Genesis 10:8 Father may mean ancestor or predecessor Mash. or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26. j. Genesis 10:24 Hebrew; Septuagint father of , and Cainan was the father of k. Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.