Genesis 10 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

¹ Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noach and of Shem, Cham, and Yefet. Sons were born to them after the flood.

² The sons of Yefet: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tuval, Meshekh, and Tiras.

³ The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Rifat, and Togarmah.

⁴ The sons of Yavan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

⁵ Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

⁶ The sons of Cham: Kush, Mitzrayim, Put, and Kena`an.

⁷ The sons of Kush: Seva, Chavilah, Savtah, Ra`mah, and Savtekha. The sons of Ra`mah: Sheva and Dedan.

⁸ Kush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, *Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.*

¹⁰ The beginning of his kingdom was Bavel, Erekh, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shin`ar.

¹¹ Out of that land he went forth into Ashur, and built Nineveh, Rechovot-Ir, Kelach,

¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Kelach (the same is the great city).

¹³ Mitzrayim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehavim, Naftuchim,

¹⁴ Patrusim, Kasluchim (which the Pelishtim descended from), and Kaftorim.

¹⁵ Kena`an became the father of Tzidon (his firstborn), Chet,

¹⁶ the Yevusi, the Amori, the Girgashi,

¹⁷ the Chivvi, the `Arki, the Sini,

¹⁸ the Arvadi, the Tzemari, and the Chamati. Afterward the families of the Kena`anim were spread abroad.

¹⁹ The border of the Kena`anim was from Tzidon, as you go toward Gerar, to `Aza; as you go toward Sedom, `Amorah, Admah, and Tzevoyim, to Lasha.

²⁰ These are the sons of Cham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

²¹ To Shem, the father of all the children of `Ever, the elder brother of Yefet, to him also were children born.

²² The sons of Shem: `Elam, Ashur, Arpakhshad, Lud, and Aram.

²³ The sons of Aram: `Utz, Chul, Geter, and Mash.

²⁴ Arpakhshad became the father of Shelach. Shelach became the father of `Ever.

²⁵ To `Ever were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Yoktan.

²⁶ Yoktan became the father of Almodad, Shelef, Chatzarmavat, Yerach,

²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²⁸ `Oval 1, Avima'el, Sheva,

²⁹ Ofir 1, Chavilah, and Yovav. All these were the sons of Yoktan.

³⁰ Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sefar, the mountain of the east.

³¹ These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.

³² These are the families of the sons of Noach, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.