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

7. The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: 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 The LORD. Therefore it is said, "like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before The LORD".

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

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

12. and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

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 Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

17. the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

18. the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the HAMathites. 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, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.

8. The sons of HAM: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

9. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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

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

12. Pathrusim, Casluhim (where the Philistines came from), and Caphtorim.

13. Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,

14. the Jebusite, and the Amorite, the Girgashite,

15. the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

16. the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the HAMathite.