The Table of Nations (1 Chronicles 1:4–27)
1 UDB These are the descendants of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They became the fathers of many children after the flood. BSB BSB: This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
The Japhethites 2 UDB The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. BSB BSB: The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 UDB The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. BSB BSB: The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 UDB The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. BSB BSB: And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
5 UDB The sons and their families who were descended from Javan lived in the islands and in the lands close to the ocean. Their descendants became peoples, each with its own language, clans, and territory. BSB BSB: From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
The Hamites 6 UDB The sons of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. BSB BSB: The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7 UDB The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtah. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. BSB BSB: The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 UDB Another one of Cush's sons was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior. BSB BSB: Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth.
9 UDB Yahweh saw that he had become a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, "Yahweh sees that you are a great hunter like Nimrod." BSB BSB: He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10 UDB Nimrod became a king who ruled in Shinar. The first cities over which he ruled were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh. BSB BSB: His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 UDB From there he went with other people to Assyria, and there they built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, BSB BSB: From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 UDB and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah. BSB BSB: and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
13 UDB Ham's son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh, BSB BSB: Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
14 UDB Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor peoples. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh. BSB BSB: the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
15 UDB Ham's youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son. BSB BSB: And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
16 UDB Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash, BSB BSB: the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17 UDB Hiv, Ark, Sin, BSB BSB: the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
18 UDB Arved, Zemar and Hamath peoples. Later the descendants of Canaan scattered over a large area. BSB BSB: the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,
19 UDB Their land extended from the city of Sidon in the north as far south as Gaza near Gerar, and then east toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim towns, as far as the town of Lasha. BSB BSB: and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
20 UDB Those are the descendants of Ham. They became peoples that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own lands. BSB BSB: These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
The Semites 21 UDB Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons, and he became the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber. BSB BSB: And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
22 UDB The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphachshad, Lud, and Aram. BSB BSB: The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 UDB The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. BSB BSB: The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 UDB Arphachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. BSB BSB: Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
25 UDB Eber became the father of two sons. One of them was named Peleg, which means "division," because, during the time he lived, people on the earth became divided and scattered everywhere. Peleg's younger brother was Joktan. BSB BSB: Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
26 UDB Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, BSB BSB: And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 UDB Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, BSB BSB: Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 UDB Obal, Abimael, Sheba, BSB BSB: Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 UDB Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. BSB BSB: Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
30 UDB The areas in which the clans began to live extended from Mesha to Sephar, which is in the hill country in the east. BSB BSB: Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
31 UDB They are descendants from the sons of Shem. They became peoples that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land. BSB BSB: These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
32 UDB All these clans descended from the sons of Noah. Each clan had its own genealogy and each became a separate people. Those peoples formed after the flood and spread all around the earth. BSB BSB: All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.