4. who was the father of Noah. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5. The sons of Japheth — Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
6. The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
7. The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes.
8. The sons of Ham — Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
9. The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan.
10. (Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.)
11. The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,
12. Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete (from whom the Philistines were descended).