| 10:1 | [kjv] | Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. |
| | [bbe] | Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters |
| 10:2 | [kjv] | The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. |
| | [bbe] | The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras. |
| 10:3 | [kjv] | And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. |
| | [bbe] | And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. |
| 10:4 | [kjv] | And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. |
| | [bbe] | And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim. |
| 10:5 | [kjv] | By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. |
| | [bbe] | From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages. |
| 10:6 | [kjv] | And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. |
| | [bbe] | And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. |
| 10:7 | [kjv] | And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. |
| | [bbe] | And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. |
| 10:8 | [kjv] | And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. |
| | [bbe] | And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth. |
| 10:9 | [kjv] | He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. |
| | [bbe] | He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman. |
| 10:10 | [kjv] | And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. |
| | [bbe] | And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. |
| 10:11 | [kjv] | Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, |
| | [bbe] | From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah, |
| 10:12 | [kjv] | And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. |
| | [bbe] | And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town. |
| 10:13 | [kjv] | And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, |
| | [bbe] | And Mizraim was the father of the Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim; |
| 10:14 | [kjv] | And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. |
| | [bbe] | And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines. |
| 10:15 | [kjv] | And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, |
| | [bbe] | And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth, |
| 10:16 | [kjv] | And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, |
| | [bbe] | And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite, |
| 10:17 | [kjv] | And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, |
| | [bbe] | And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite, |
| 10:18 | [kjv] | And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. |
| | [bbe] | And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; after that the families of the Canaanites went far and wide in all directions; |
| 10:19 | [kjv] | 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. |
| | [bbe] | Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim. |
| 10:20 | [kjv] | These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. |
| | [bbe] | All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham. |
| 10:21 | [kjv] | Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. |
| | [bbe] | And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition. |
| 10:22 | [kjv] | The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. |
| | [bbe] | These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram. |
| 10:23 | [kjv] | And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. |
| | [bbe] | And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash. |
| 10:24 | [kjv] | And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. |
| | [bbe] | And Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber. |
| 10:25 | [kjv] | And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. |
| | [bbe] | And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan. |
| 10:26 | [kjv] | And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, |
| | [bbe] | And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah |
| 10:27 | [kjv] | And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, |
| | [bbe] | And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah |
| 10:28 | [kjv] | And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, |
| | [bbe] | And Obal and Abimael and Sheba |
| 10:29 | [kjv] | And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. |
| | [bbe] | And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. |
| 10:30 | [kjv] | And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. |
| | [bbe] | And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east. |
| 10:31 | [kjv] | These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. |
| | [bbe] | These, with their families and their languages and their lands and their nations, are the offspring of Shem. |
| 10:32 | [kjv] | These are 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. |
| | [bbe] | These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters. |