7. The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8. Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.
9. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)
10. The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.
11. From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12. and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
13. Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14. Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorites.
15. Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,
16. the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
17. Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
18. Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered
19. and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, 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, and by their nations.
21. And sons were also born to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber.
22. The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23. The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24. Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.