{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T04:52:18.716Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":32},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely , of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city)."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (whence went forth the Philistines), and Caphtorim."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanite spread abroad."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And unto Eber were born two sons: The name of the one was Peleg. For in his days was the earth divided. And his brother's name was Joktan."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, the mountain of the east."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 10 (ASV)","markdown":"[Genesis 10](https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/genesis/10 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}