[1:1] Adam was the father of Seth, Seth was the father of Enosh, Enosh the father of Kenan,
[1:2] Kenan the father of Mahalalel, Mahalalel the father of Jared.
[1:3] Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech,
[1:4] who was the father of Noah. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[1:5] The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
[1:6] The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
[1:7] The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes.
[1:8] The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
[1:9] The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. (
[1:10] Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.)
[1:11] The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,
[1:12] Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete (from whom the Philistines were descended).
[1:13] Canaan's sons—Sidon, the oldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
[1:14] Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, Girgashites,
[1:15] Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
[1:16] Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.
[1:17] Shem's sons—Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
[1:18] Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.
[1:19] Eber had two sons; one was named Peleg, because during his time the people of the world were divided, and the other was named Joktan.
[1:20] The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
[1:21] Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
[1:22] Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
[1:23] Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.
[1:24] The family line from Shem to Abram is as follows: Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
[1:25] Eber, Peleg, Reu,
[1:26] Serug, Nahor, Terah,
[1:27] and Abram (also known as Abraham).