All those people were descendants [61] of Ham. All those families had their own languages and their own lands. They became separate nations.
The land of the people of Canaan was from Sidon in the north to Gerar in the south, from Gaza in the west to Sodom and Gomorrah in the east, from Admah and Zeboiim to Lasha.
Shem was Japheth’s older brother. One of Shem’s descendants was Eber, the father of all the Hebrew people. [62]
Ham’s sons were: Cush, [59] Mizraim, [60] Put, and Canaan.