Genesis 1:1-31
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.2 And the earth
was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and
the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.3 Then God
said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.4 And God saw that the
light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.5 And God
called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening
and there was morning, one day.
6 Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters,
and let it separate the waters from the waters.”7 And God made the expanse,
and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which
were above the expanse; and it was so.8 And God called the expanse heaven.
And there was evening and there was morning, a second day.
9 Then God said, “Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into
one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so.10 And God called
the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and
God saw that it was good.11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation,
plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with
seed in them, on the earth”; and it was so.12 And the earth brought forth
vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit,
with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.13 And
there was evening and there was morning, a third day.
14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens
to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for
seasons, and for days and years;15 and let them be for lights in the expanse
of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.16 And God made
the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser
light to govern the night; He made the stars also.17 And God placed them
in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth,18 and to govern
the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and
God saw that it was good.19 And there was evening and there was morning,
a fourth day.
20 Then God said, “Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures,
and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.”21
And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that
moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged
bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.22 And God blessed them,
saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and
let birds multiply on the earth.”23 And there was evening and there was
morning, a fifth day.
24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after
their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their
kind”; and it was so.25 And God made the beasts of the earth after their
kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the
ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.26 Then God said, “Let
Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule
over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle
and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth.”27 And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He
created him; male and female He created them.28 And God blessed them; and
God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue
it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky, and
over every living thing that moves on the earth.”29 Then God said, “Behold,
I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all
the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food
for you;30 and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky
and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given
every green plant for food”; and it was so.31 And God saw all that He had
made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was
morning, the sixth day.
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts.2
And by the seventh day God completed His work which He had done; and He
rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done.3 Then God
blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from
all His work which God had created and made.
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created,
in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven.5 Now no shrub of the
field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted,
for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth; and there was no man
to cultivate the ground.6 But a mist used to rise from the earth and water
the whole surface of the ground.7 Then the Lord God formed man of dust
from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and
man became a living being.8 And the Lord God planted a garden toward the
east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed.9 And out
of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to
the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the
garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there
it divided and became four rivers.11 The name of the first is Pishon; it
flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.12 And the
gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there.13
And the name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land
of Cush.14 And the name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of
Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.15 Then the Lord God took
the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.16
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “From any tree of the garden
you may eat freely;17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you shall surely
die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone;
I will make him a helper suitable for him.”19 And out of the ground the
Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and
brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the
man called a living creature, that was its name.20 And the man gave names
to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the
field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him.21 So
the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then
He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh at that place.22 And the
Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man,
and brought her to the man.23 And the man said,
“This is now bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called Woman,
Because she was taken out of Man.”
24 For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and
shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh.25 And the man
and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which
the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said,
‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”2 And the woman said to
the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;3 but
from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has
said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, lest you die.’”4 And the
serpent said to the woman, “You surely shall not die!5 “For God knows that
in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like
God, knowing good and evil.”6 When the woman saw that the tree was good
for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was
desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave
also to her husband with her, and he ate.7 Then the eyes of both of them
were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves
together and made themselves loin coverings.
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in
the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence
of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.9 Then the Lord God called
to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”10 And he said, “I heard the
sound of Thee in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I
hid myself.”11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you
eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”12 And the man
said, “The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me from the tree,
and I ate.”13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have
done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”14 And
the Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly shall you go,
And dust shall you eat
All the days of your life;
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”16 To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain in childbirth,
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Yet your desire shall be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of
your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying,
‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you shall eat the plants of the field;
19 By the sweat of your face
You shall eat bread,
Till you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
20 Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother
of all the living.21 And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and
his wife, and clothed them.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of
Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his hand, and take
also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—23 therefore the
Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground
from which he was taken.24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of
the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim, and the flaming sword which
turned every direction, to guard the way to the tree of life.
1 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and
gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help
of the Lord.”2 And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel
was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.3 So it came
about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of
the fruit of the ground.4 And Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings
of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel
and for his offering;5 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard.
So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell.6 Then the Lord said
to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?7 “If
you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not
do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you
must master it.”8 And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when
they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and
killed him.
9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he
said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”10 And He said, “What have
you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.11
“And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to
receive your brother’s blood from your hand.12 “When you cultivate the
ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you; you shall be a vagrant
and a wanderer on the earth.”13 And Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment
is too great to bear!14 “Behold, Thou hast driven me this day from the
face of the ground; and from Thy face I shall be hidden, and I shall be
a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and it will come about that whoever
finds me will kill me.”15 So the Lord said to him, “Therefore whoever kills
Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And the Lord appointed
a sign for Cain, lest anyone finding him should slay him.
16 Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and settled in
the land of Nod, east of Eden.17 And Cain had relations with his wife and
she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called
the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.18 Now to Enoch was
born Irad; and Irad became the father of Mehujael; and Mehujael became
the father of Methushael; and Methushael became the father of Lamech.19
And Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and
the name of the other, Zillah.20 And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the
father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock.21 And his brother’s
name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.22
As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements
of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.23 And Lamech
said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah,
Listen to my voice,
You wives of Lamech,
Give heed to my speech,
For I have killed a man for wounding me;
And a boy for striking me;
24 If Cain is avenged sevenfold,
Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
25 And Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to
a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, “God has appointed me another
offspring in place of Abel; for Cain killed him.”26 And to Seth, to him
also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call
upon the name of the Lord.
1 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created
man, He made him in the likeness of God.2 He created them male and female,
and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created.3
When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father
of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.4
Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred
years, and he had other sons and daughters.5 So all the days that Adam
lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.
6 And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father
of Enosh.7 Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became
the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.8 So all the days
of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died.
9 And Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.10 Then
Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he became the father
of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters.11 So all the days of Enosh
were nine hundred and five years, and he died.
12 And Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.13
Then Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he became the father
of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters.14 So all the days of
Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died.
15 And Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared.16
Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the
father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters.17 So all the days
of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died.
18 And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the
father of Enoch.19 Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became
the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters.20 So all the
days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died.
21 And Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah.22
Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father
of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters.23 So all the days of
Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.24 And Enoch walked with
God; and he was not, for God took him.
25 And Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became
the father of Lamech.26 Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two
years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.27
So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and
he died.
28 And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the
father of a son.29 Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one shall
give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from
the ground which the Lord has cursed.”30 Then Lamech lived five hundred
and ninety-five years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other
sons and daughters.31 So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and
seventy-seven years, and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father
of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land,
and daughters were born to them,2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters
of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they
chose.3 Then the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever,
because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and
twenty years.”4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also
afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they
bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of
renown.
5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth,
and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.6
And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved
in His heart.7 And the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created
from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to
birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.”8 But Noah found
favor in the eyes of the Lord.
9 These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous
man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.10 And Noah became the
father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.11 Now the earth was corrupt
in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence.12 And God
looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted
their way upon the earth.
13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me;
for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am
about to destroy them with the earth.14 “Make for yourself an ark of gopher
wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and
out with pitch.15 “And this is how you shall make it: the length of the
ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty
cubits.16 “You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit
from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall
make it with lower, second, and third decks.17 “And behold, I, even I am
bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which
is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth
shall perish.18 “But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall
enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with
you.19 “And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of
every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male
and female.20 “Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after
their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of
every kind shall come to you to keep them alive.21 “And as for you, take
for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself;
and it shall be for food for you and for them.”22 Thus Noah did; according
to all that God had commanded him, so he did.
1 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household;
for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.2 “You
shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female;
and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female;3 also
of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring
alive on the face of all the earth.4 “For after seven more days, I will
send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out
from the face of the land every living thing that I have made.”5 And Noah
did according to all that the Lord had commanded him.
6 Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon
the earth.7 Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with
him entered the ark because of the water of the flood.8 Of clean animals
and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on
the ground,9 there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female,
as God had commanded Noah.10 And it came about after the seven days, that
the water of the flood came upon the earth.11 In the six hundredth year
of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month,
on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the
floodgates of the sky were opened.12 And the rain fell upon the earth for
forty days and forty nights.
13 On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons
of Noah, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered
the ark,14 they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after
their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its
kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds.15 So they went
into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life.16
And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had
commanded him; and the Lord closed it behind him.17 Then the flood came
upon the earth for forty days; and the water increased and lifted up the
ark, so that it rose above the earth.18 And the water prevailed and increased
greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated on the surface of the water.19
And the water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high
mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.20 The water prevailed
fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered.21 And all flesh
that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every
swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind;22 of all that
was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit
of life, died.23 Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the
face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of
the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left,
together with those that were with him in the ark.24 And the water prevailed
upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.
1 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that
were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth,
and the water subsided.2 Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates
of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;3 and
the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred
and fifty days the water decreased.4 And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth
day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.5 And the
water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on
the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible.
6 Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the
window of the ark which he had made;7 and he sent out a raven, and it flew
here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.8 Then he sent
out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the
land;9 but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so
she returned to him into the ark; for the water was on the surface of all
the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into
the ark to himself.10 So he waited yet another seven days; and again he
sent out the dove from the ark.11 And the dove came to him toward evening;
and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that
the water was abated from the earth.12 Then he waited yet another seven
days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again.
13 Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first
month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth.
Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the
surface of the ground was dried up.14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh
day of the month, the earth was dry.15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying,16
“Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons’ wives
with you.17 “Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is
with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and
multiply on the earth.”18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and
his sons’ wives with him.19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every
bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from
the ark.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of every clean animal
and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.21 And
the Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will
never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s
heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living
thing, as I have done.
22 “While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
And cold and heat,
And summer and winter,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”
1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.2 “And the fear of you and the terror of you shall be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.3 “Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant.4 “Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.5 “And surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.
6 “Whoever sheds man’s blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.
7 “And as for you, be fruitful and multiply;
Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it.”
8 Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying,9 “Now behold,
I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after
you;10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the
cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of
the ark, even every beast of the earth.11 “And I establish My covenant
with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the
flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.”12 And
God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me
and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive
generations;13 I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of
a covenant between Me and the earth.14 “And it shall come about, when I
bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,15
and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every
living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a
flood to destroy all flesh.16 “When the bow is in the cloud, then I will
look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every
living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”17 And God said to Noah,
“This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and
all flesh that is on the earth.”
18 Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and
Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.19 These three were the sons
of Noah; and from these the whole earth was populated.
20 Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard.21 And he drank of
the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent.22 And
Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his
two brothers outside.23 But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it
upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness
of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not
see their father’s nakedness.24 When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew
what his youngest son had done to him.25 So he said,
“Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants
He shall be to his brothers.”26 He also said,
“Blessed be the Lord,
The God of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.
27 “May God enlarge Japheth,
And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
And let Canaan be his servant.”
28 And Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.29
So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.
1 Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth,
the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and
Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.3 And the sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath
and Togarmah.4 And the sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim
and Dodanim.5 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into
their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families,
into their nations.
6 And the sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.7 And
the sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca;
and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.8 Now Cush became the father
of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth.9 He was a mighty hunter
before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before
the Lord.”10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad
and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.11 From that land he went forth into
Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,12 and Resen between
Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.13 And Mizraim became the father
of Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim14 and Pathrusim and Casluhim
(from which came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan became the father of Sidon, his first-born, and Heth16
and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite17 and the Hivite and
the Arkite and the Sinite18 and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite;
and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.19 And the
territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar,
as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim,
as far as Lasha.20 These are the sons of Ham, according to their families,
according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations.
21 And also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the
older brother of Japheth, children were born.22 The sons of Shem were Elam
and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.23 And the sons of Aram were
Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.24 And Arpachshad became the father of Shelah;
and Shelah became the father of Eber.25 And two sons were born to Eber;
the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and
his brother’s name was Joktan.26 And Joktan became the father of Almodad
and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah27 and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah28
and Obal and Abimael and Sheba29 and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these
were the sons of Joktan.30 Now their settlement extended from Mesha as
you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.31 These are the sons
of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by
their lands, according to their nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies,
by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth
after the flood.