2. The sons of Japheth wereGomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek, and Tiras.
3. The sons of Gomer wereAshkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4. The sons of Javan wereElishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
5. From these the coastlands of the nations were divided into their lands, everyone according to his tongue, according to their families, by their nations.
6. The sons of Ham wereCush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7. The sons of Cush wereSeba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteka;and the sons of Raamah wereSheba and Dedan.
8. Cush was 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, “Even like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.”
10. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh in the land of Shinar.
11. From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, the city Rehoboth Ir, and Calah,