Genesis 10

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

2 A long time later the people that came from Japheth split up into different tribes. Each one had their own language, and their own land. Japheth’s sons were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. The tribes that came from Japheth’s son Gomer were the Ashkenaz mob, and the Riphath mob, and the Togarmah mob. The tribes that came from Japheth’s son Javan were the Elishah mob, and the Tarshish mob, and the Kittim mob, and the Rodanim mob. Javan’s people lived near the sea.

3 The people that came from Ham split up into different tribes. Each one had their own language, and their own land. Ham’s sons were Cush, and Egypt, and Put, and Canaan.

4 The tribes that came from Ham’s son Cush were the Seba mob, and the Havilah mob, and the Sabtah mob, and the Raamah mob, and the Sabteca mob.

5 One of the men that came from Cush was called Nimrod. After he grew up he became a strong fighter.

6 He was the best hunter in the world too. If people talked about good hunters they said things like this, “That man is a really good hunter. He is just like Nimrod, the best hunter in the world.”

7 Nimrod controlled the country called Babylonia, and he was the boss of the cities called Babel, and Erech, and Accad.

8 After that, Nimrod got the country called Assyria and built the cities called Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir and Calah.

9 Then he built a big city called Resen. It was between Nineveh and Calah.

10 The tribes that came from Ham’s son Egypt were the Ludim mob, and the Anamim mob, and the Lehabim mob, and the Naphtuhim mob,

11 and the Pathrusim mob, and the Casluhim mob, and the Caphtorim mob. (Later the Philistine nation came from the Caphtorim mob.)

12 Ham’s youngest son, called Canaan, had 2 sons. He called his 1st son Sidon and the other son Heth.

13 A lot of tribes came from Canaan. They were the Jebusite mob, and the Amorite mob, and the Girgashite mob,

14 and the Hivite mob, and the Arkite mob, and the Sinite mob,

15 and the Arvadite mob, and the Zemarite mob, and the Hamathite mob. All these tribes came from Canaan, and they went as far north as Sidon, and as far south as Gaza, and as far east as the cities called Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboiim, which is near Lasha.

16 Those were all the families, and tribes, and nations that came from Ham. Each one had their own country and their own language.

17 Shem was Japheth’s older brother. All of the mob called Eber came from Shem.

18 You see, Shem’s sons were Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

19 The tribes that came from Shem’s son Aram were the Uz mob, and the Hul mob, and the Gether mob, and the Mash mob.

20 Shem’s son Arphaxad had a son called Shelah, and he had a son called Eber.

21 Eber had 2 sons. The 1st son was called Peleg, and his young brother was called Joktan. That name Peleg means split up. He got that name because all the people split up into different tribes after he was born.

22 The tribes that came from Eber’s son Joktan were the Almodad mob, and the Sheleph mob, and the Hazarmaveth mob, and the Jerah mob,

23 and the Hadoram mob, and the Uzal mob, and the Diklah mob,

24 and the Obal mob, and the Abimael mob, and the Sheba mob,

25 and the Ophir mob, and the Havilah mob, and the Jobab mob.

26 All of these people came from Joktan. Their land was in the mountains in the east, the country you see if you go from Mesha all the way to Sephar.

27 Those were all the families, and tribes, and nations that came from Shem. Each one had their own country and their own language.

28 That is the big list of all the families and tribes that came from Noah. They split up into their own nations, and they went everywhere after the big flood.