{"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/kjv/genesis/10","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:44:29.985Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":10,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":9,"nextChapter":11,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":32},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Now these <i>are</i> the generations of the sons of Noah, 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":"By these were the isles of the Gentiles 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 Phut, and Canaan."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: 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 the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD."},{"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 went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same <i>is</i> a great city."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,"},{"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 Canaanites spread abroad."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"These <i>are</i> the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, <i>and</i> in their nations."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were <i>children</i> born."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one <i>was</i> Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name <i>was</i> 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 <i>were</i> the sons of Joktan."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"These <i>are</i> the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"These <i>are</i> the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 10 (KJV)","markdown":"[Genesis 10](https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/10)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/genesis/10 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}