¹ Dette er Noas Sønner, Sem, Kam og Jafets Slægtebog. Efter Vandfloden fødtes der dem Sønner.

² Jafets Sønner: Gomer, Magog. Madaj, Javan, Tubal, Mesjek og Tiras.

³ Gomers Sønner: Asjkenaz, ifaf og Togarma.

⁴ Javans Sønner: Elisja, Tarsis. Kittæerne og odosboerne;

⁵ fra dem nedstammer de fjerne Strandes Folk. Det var Jafets Sønner i deres Lande, hver med sit Tungemål, efter deres Slægter og i deres Folkeslag.

⁶ Kams Sønner: Kusj, Mlizrajim, Put og Hana'an.

⁷ Kusj's Sønner: Seba, Havila, Sabta, a'ma og Sabteka. a'mas Sønner: Saba og Dedan.

⁸ Og Kusj avlede Nimrod, som var den første Storhersker på Jorden.

⁹ Han var en vældig Jæger for HE ENs Øjne; derfor siger man: "En vældig Jæget for HE ENs Øjne som Nimrod."

¹⁰ Fra først af omfattede hans ige Babel, Erelk, Akkad og Kalne i Sinear;

¹¹ fra dette Land drog han til Assyrien og byggede Nineve, ehobot- Ir, Kela

¹² og esen mellem Nineve og Kela, det er den store By.

¹³ Mizrajim avlede Luderne,Anamerne, Lehaberne, Naftuherne,

¹⁴ Patruserne, Kasluherne, fra hvem Filisterne udgik, og Kaftorerne.

¹⁵ Kana'an avlede Zidon, hans førstefødte, Het,

¹⁶ Jebusiterne, Amoriterne, Girgasjiterne,

¹⁷ Hivviterne, Arkiterne, Siniterne,

¹⁸ Arvaditerne, Zemariterne og Hamatiterne; men senere bredte Kana'anæernes Slægter sig,

¹⁹ så at Kana'anæernes Område strakte sig fra Zidon i etning af Gerar indtil Gaza, i etning af Sodoma, Gomorra, Adma,og Zebojim indtil Lasja.

²⁰ Det var Kams Sønner efter deres Slægter og Tungemål i deres Lande og Folk.

²¹ Men også Sem, alle Ebersønnernes Fader, Jafets ældste Broder, fødtes der Sønner.

²² Sems Sønner: Elam, Assur, Arpaksjad, Lud og Aram.

²³ Arams Sønner: Uz, Hul, Geter og Masj.

²⁴ Arpaksjad avlede Sjela; Sjela avlede Eber;

²⁵ Eber fødtes der to Sønner; den ene hed Peleg, thi på hans Tid adsplittedes Jordens Befolkning, og hans Broder hed Joktan.

²⁶ Joktan avlede Almodad, Sjelef, Hazarmavet, Jera,

²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Dikla,

²⁸ Obal, Abimael, Saba,

²⁹ Ofir, Havila og Jobab. Alle disse var Joktans Sønner,

³⁰ og deres Bosteder strækker sig fra Mesja i etning af Sefar, Østens Bjerge.

³¹ Det var Sems Sønner efter deres Slægter og Tungemål i deres Lande og Folk.

³² Det var Noas Sønners Slægter efter deres Nedstamning, i deres Folk; fra dem nedstammer Folkene, som efter Vandfloden bredte sig på Jorden.

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: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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

⁴ The sons of Javan: 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: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁷ The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: 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 forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

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

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 Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

¹⁷ the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

¹⁸ the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 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, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

²¹ To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

²² The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

²³ The sons of Aram: 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 was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, 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 Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.