1. Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were born sons after the flood.
2. The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
3. And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
4. And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim.
5. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands, each one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6. And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.
7. And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8. And Cush begat Nimrod. He began to be powerful in the earth.
9. He was a powerful hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, Even as Nimrod, the powerful hunter before the Lord.