| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood. | 1These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. |
| 2The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. | 2The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. |
| 3The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. | 3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. |
| 4The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. | 4The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. |
| 5From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations. | 5From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations. |
| 6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. | 6The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. |
| 7The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. | 7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. |
| 8Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. | 8Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. |
| 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.” | 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD.” |
| 10And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. | 10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. |
| 11From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, | 11From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and |
| 12and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city). | 12Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. |
| 13Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, | 13Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, |
| 14Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim). | 14Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim. |
| 15Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth; | 15Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, |
| 16the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; | 16and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, |
| 17the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; | 17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, |
| 18the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed. | 18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed. |
| 19And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. | 19And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. |
| 20These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations. | 20These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. |
| 21And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder. | 21To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. |
| 22The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. | 22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. |
| 23The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. | 23The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. |
| 24Arphaxad begot Salah, and Salah begot Eber. | 24Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. |
| 25To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. | 25To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan. |
| 26Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, | 26Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, |
| 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, | 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, |
| 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, | 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, |
| 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. | 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. |
| 30And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. | 30The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east. |
| 31These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations. | 31These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations. |
| 32These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood. | 32These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood. |
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