6. The sons of Ham:Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
7. The sons of Cush:Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka.The sons of Raamah:Sheba and Dedan.
8. Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty 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 first centres of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
11. From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
12. and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah – which is the great city.
13. Egypt was the father ofthe Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14. Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
15. Canaan was the father ofSidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
16. Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
17. Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
18. Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.Later the Canaanite clans scattered
19. and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon towards Gerar as far as Gaza, and then towards Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
20. These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.The Semites
21. Sons were also born to Shem, whose elder brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.