1 Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

2 The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan were: 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 Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh". 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah. 13 Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

15 Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth, 16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. 19 The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

21 Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber. 22 The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. 25 To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 30 Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.

32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.

1 以下是挪亚的儿子闪、含、雅弗的后代。洪水以后， 他们都生了儿子。

2 雅弗的儿子是歌篾、玛各、玛代、雅完、土巴、米设、提拉。

3 歌篾的儿子是亚实基拿、利法、陀迦玛。

4 雅完的儿子是以利沙、他施， 基提人和多单人。

5 这些人的后裔分散居住在沿海的土地和岛屿上。各人随着自己的方言、宗族， 住在自己的国土中。

6 含的儿子是古实、埃及、弗和迦南。

7 古实的儿子是西巴、哈腓拉、撒弗他、拉玛和撒弗提迦。拉玛的儿子是示巴和底但。

8 古实又生宁录； 宁录是世上第一位英雄。

9 他在耶和华面前是个英勇的猎人； 因此有句俗语说： "就像宁录一样， 在耶和华面前是个英勇的猎人。"

10 他开始建国是在示拿地的巴别、以力、亚甲和甲尼。

11 他从那地出来， 到亚述去， 建造了尼尼微、利河伯城、迦拉，

12 和尼尼微与迦拉之间的利鲜， 就是那大城。

13 埃及生路低人， 亚拿米人、利哈比人、拿弗土希人、

14 帕斯鲁细人、迦斯路希人和迦斐托人； 从迦斐托出来的有非利士人。

15 迦南生了长子西顿， 又生赫，

16 以及耶布斯人、亚摩利人、革迦撒人、

17 希未人、亚基人、西尼人、

18 亚瓦底人、洗玛利人、哈马人， 后来迦南人的宗族分散了。

19 迦南人的境界是从西顿伸向基拉耳， 直到迦萨； 又伸向所多玛、蛾摩拉、押玛、洗扁， 直到拉沙。

20 这些人都是含的子孙， 随着自己的宗族、方言， 住在自己的国土中。

21 雅弗的哥哥闪， 就是希伯所有子孙的祖宗， 他也生了孩子。

22 闪的儿子是以拦、亚述、亚法撒、路德和亚兰。

23 亚兰的儿子是乌斯、户勒、基帖、玛施。

24 亚法撒生沙拉， 沙拉生希伯。

25 希伯生了两个儿子， 一个名叫法勒， 因为他在世的时候， 世人就分散了； 法勒的兄弟名叫约坍。

26 约坍生亚摩答、沙列、哈萨玛非、耶拉、

27 哈多兰、乌萨、德拉、

28 俄巴路、亚比玛利、示巴、

29 阿斐、哈腓拉、约巴， 这些人都是约坍的儿子。

30 他们居住的地方， 是从米沙伸向西发， 直到东边的山地。

31 这都是闪的子孙， 随着自己的宗族、方言， 住在自己的国土中。

32 这些宗族都是挪亚的子孙， 按着他们的族系住在列国中。洪水以后， 地上的列国都是从这些宗族分出来的。