Bilingual reading

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.

The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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

The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.

Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one on the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD”.

The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

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.

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.

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

The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.

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.

Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these on the earth after the flood.

هٰذِه سُلالَةُ بَني نُوح، سامٍ وحامٍ ويافَث ومَن وُلِدَ لَهم مِنَ البَنينَ بَعدَ الطُّوفان

بَنو يافَث: جُومَر وماجوج وماداي وياوان وتُوبَل وماشَك وتِيراس

وبَنو جُومَر: أَشْكَناز ورِيفات وتُوجَرمة

وبَنو ياوان: أَلِيشَة وتَرْشيش والكِتِّيم والرُّودانيم

مِن هٰؤُلاءِ تَشَتَّتَ النَّاسُ في جُزُرِ الأُمَم. هٰؤُلاءِ بَنو يافَث بِحَسَبِ بُلْدانِهم، كُلٌّ بِحَسَبِ لُغَتِه، وعشائِرِهم وأُمَمِهِم

وبَنو حام: كُوش ومِصْرائيم وفُوط وكَنْعان

وَبَنُو كُوشَ: سَبَا وَحَوِيلَةُ وَسَبْتَةُ وَرَعْمَةُ وَسَبْتَكَا. وَبَنُو رَعْمَةَ: شَبَا وَدَدَانُ.

وكوشٌ وَلَدَ نُمْرود، وهُو أَوَّلُ جَبَّارٍ في الأرض

وكانَ صَيَّادًا جَبَّارًا أَمامَ الرَّبّ، ولِذَلك يُقال: «كَنُمْرُودَ صَيَّادٌ جَبَّارٌ أَمامَ الرَّبّ»

وكانَ أَوَّلُ مَملَكَتِه بابِل وأَرَك وأَكَّد وكَلْنَة في أَرضِ شِنْعار

ومِن تِلكَ الأَرضِ خَرَجَ إِلى أَشُّور فَبَنى نِينَوى ورَحْبوتَ عِير وكالَح

وراسَن بَينَ نِينَوى وكالَح، وهي المَدينةُ العَظيمة

ومِصْرائِيمُ وَلَدَ اللُّوديم والعَناميم واللَّهابيم والنَّفْتوحيم

والفَتْروسيم والكَسْلوحيم والكَفْتوريم الَّذينَ خَرَجَ مِنهُمُ الفَلِسطِينِيُّون

وَكَنْعَانُ وَلَدَ: صِيْدُونَ بِكْرَهُ، وَحِثًّا

واليَبوسِيَّ والأَمُورِيَّ والجرْجاشِيَّ والحُوِّيَّ والعَرْقِيَّ والسِّينِيَّ

والأَرْوادِيَّ والصَّمارِيَّ والحَماتِيَّ

وبَعدَ ذٰلِكَ تَفَرَّقَت عَشائِرُ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ

وكانَت حُدودُ الكَنْعانِيِّينَ مِن صِيدونَ وأَنتَ آتٍ نَحوَ جَرارَ إِلى غَزَّة، وأَنتَ آتٍ نَحوَ سَدومَ وعَمورةَ وأدْمَةَ وصَبوئيم إلى لاشَع

هٰؤُلاءِ بَنو حامٍ بِحَسَبِ عَشائِرِهم ولُغاتِهِم وبُلْدانِهِم وأُمَمِهم

ووُلِدَ لِسامٍ أَيضًا بَنون، وهو أَبو جَميعِ بَني عابَر وأَخو يافَثَ الأَكبَر

وبَنو سامٍ: عِيلام وأَشُّور وأَرفَكْشاد ولُود وأَرام

وَبَنُو أَرَامَ: عُوصُ وَحُولُ وَجَاثَرُ وَمَاشُ.

وَأَرْفَكْشَادُ وَلَدَ شَالَحَ، وَشَالَحُ وَلَدَ عَابِرَ.

ووُلِدَ لِعابَرَ ٱبْنان: اِسْمُ أَحَدِهما فالَج لأَنَّه في أَيَّامِه ٱنقَسَمَتِ الأَرض، وٱسْمُ أَخيه يُقْطان

وَيَقْطَانُ وَلَدَ: أَلْمُودَادَ وَشَالَفَ وَحَضَرْمَوْتَ وَيَارَحَ

وَهَدُورَامَ وَأُوزَالَ وَدِقْلَةَ

وعُوبال وأَبيمائيل وشَبَأ

وَأُوفِيرَ وَحَوِيلَةَ وَيُوبَابَ. جَمِيعُ هؤُلاَءِ بَنُو يَقْطَانَ.

وكانوا يُقيمونَ مِن مِيشا وأَنتَ آتٍ نَحوَ سَفار، جَبَلِ المَشرِق

هٰؤُلاءِ بَنو سامٍ بِحَسَبِ عَشائِرِهِم ولُغاتِهِم وبُلْدانِهِم وأُمَمِهِم

هَؤُلاءِ عَشائِرُ بَني نُوحٍ بِحَسَبِ سُلالاتِهِم وأُمَمِهِم. ومِنهُم تَشَتَّتَتِ الأُمَمُ في الأَرضِ بَعدَ الطُّوفان