Genesis 10:1

Plain English Version

This is the story about Noah’s sons and their families. His sons were Shem, and Ham, and Jafeth, and after that big flood, they had kids too.

Cross References

Genesis 10:2

A long time later, the people that were born into Jafeth’s family split up into different tribes and nations. Each tribe had their own language, and their own country. Jafeth’s sons were Gomer, and Magog, and Madayi, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshek, and Tiras. The tribes that were from Jafeth’s son Gomer and his family were the Ashkenaz mob, and the Rifath mob, and the Togarmah mob. The tribes that were from Jafeth’s son Javan and his family were the Elishah mob, and the Tarshish mob, and the Kit mob, and the Rodan mob. Javan’s people lived near the sea.

Genesis 2:4

This story is about the time when God made the earth and the sky.

Genesis 5:1

This is the story about Adam’s family. You see, when God made people, he made them to be like himself.

Genesis 5:32

Noah lived a long time too. After he was 500 years old, he had 3 sons. They were called Shem, and Ham, and Jafeth.

Genesis 6:9

This is the story about Noah and his family. Noah was a good man. He didn’t do anything wrong. He was God’s friend, and he spent a lot of time with God.

Genesis 9:1

God was good to Noah and his sons. God said to them, “I want you to have lots of kids, and fill the earth with people.

Genesis 9:29

He died when he was 950 years old.

Genesis 9:7

But I want you mob to have lots of kids, so that there will be lots of people everywhere on the earth.”

Matthew 1:1

A long time ago, God promised to send somebody to save us. Jesus is that person. These names are the fathers and grand-fathers of Jesus, that lived a long time before he was born. This list shows that Jesus was from the family of David. David was the big boss over the Israel people. It also shows that David was from the family of Abraham.