3. The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4. The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes;
5. they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
6. The sons of Ham — Cush, Egypt, Libya and Canaan — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
7. 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.
8. Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.
9. By the Lord's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, “May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!”
10. At first his kingdom included Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia.
11. From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
12. and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.