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Genesis 10

בְּרֵאשִׁית 10

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1

וְאֵ֙לֶּה֙ תּוֹלְדֹ֣ת בְּנֵי־נֹ֔חַ שֵׁ֖ם חָ֣ם וָיָ֑פֶת וַיִּוָּלְד֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם בָּנִ֖ים אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃

ve'elleh toledot bene-noakh shem kham vayafet vayyivvaledu lahem banim akhar hammabbul

These are the lines of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah: sons were born to them after the Flood.

2

בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃

bene yefet gomer umagog umaday veyavan vetuval umeshekh vetiras

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

3

וּבְנֵ֖י גֹּ֑מֶר אַשְׁכְּנַ֥ז וְרִיפַ֖ת וְתֹגַרְמָֽה׃

uvene gomer ashkenaz verifat vetogarmah

The descendants of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4

וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּתִּ֖ים וְדֹדָנִֽים׃

uvene yavan elishah vetarshish kittim vedodanim

The descendants of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim.

5

מֵ֠אֵ֠לֶּה נִפְרְד֞וּ אִיֵּ֤י הַגּוֹיִם֙ בְּאַרְצֹתָ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ לִלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃

me'elleh nifredu iyye haggoyim be'artsotam ish lilshono lemishpekhotam begoyehem

From these the maritime nations branched out. [These are the descendants of Japheth] by their lands—each with its language—their clans and their nations.

6

וּבְנֵ֖י חָ֑ם כּ֥וּשׁ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם וּפ֥וּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃

uvene kham kush umitsrayim ufut ukhena'an

The descendants of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7

וּבְנֵ֣י כ֔וּשׁ סְבָא֙ וַֽחֲוִילָ֔ה וְסַבְתָּ֥ה וְרַעְמָ֖ה וְסַבְתְּכָ֑א וּבְנֵ֥י רַעְמָ֖ה שְׁבָ֥א וּדְדָֽן׃

uvene khush seva vakhavilah vesavtah veramah vesavtekha uvene ramah sheva udedan

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

8

וְכ֖וּשׁ יָלַ֣ד אֶת־נִמְרֹ֑ד ה֣וּא הֵחֵ֔ל לִֽהְי֥וֹת גִּבֹּ֖ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

vekhush yalad et-nimrod hu hekhel lihyot gibbor ba'arets

Cush also begot Nimrod, who was the first of the earth’s heroes.

9

הֽוּא־הָיָ֥ה גִבֹּֽר־צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה עַל־כֵּן֙ יֵֽאָמַ֔ר כְּנִמְרֹ֛ד גִּבּ֥וֹר צַ֖יִד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

hu-hayah gibbor-tsayid lifne Adonai al-ken ye'amar kenimrod gibbor tsayid lifne Adonai

He was a mighty hunter by the grace of GOD; hence the saying, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter by the grace of GOD.”

10

וַתְּהִ֨י רֵאשִׁ֤ית מַמְלַכְתּוֹ֙ בָּבֶ֔ל וְאֶ֖רֶךְ וְאַכַּ֣ד וְכַלְנֵ֑ה בְּאֶ֖רֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃

vattehi reshit mamlakhto bavel ve'erekh ve'akkad vekhalneh be'erets shinar

The mainstays of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.

11

מִן־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִ֖וא יָצָ֣א אַשּׁ֑וּר וַיִּ֙בֶן֙ אֶת־נִ֣ינְוֵ֔ה וְאֶת־רְחֹבֹ֥ת עִ֖יר וְאֶת־כָּֽלַח׃

min-ha'arets hahiv yatsa ashur vayyiven et-nineveh ve'et-rekhovot ir ve'et-kalakh

From that land Asshur went forth and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,

12

וְֽאֶת־רֶ֔סֶן בֵּ֥ין נִֽינְוֵ֖ה וּבֵ֣ין כָּ֑לַח הִ֖וא הָעִ֥יר הַגְּדֹלָֽה׃

ve'et-resen ben nineveh uven kalakh hiv ha'ir haggedolah

and Resen between Nineveh and Calah, that is the great city.

13

וּמִצְרַ֡יִם יָלַ֞ד אֶת־לוּדִ֧ים וְאֶת־עֲנָמִ֛ים וְאֶת־לְהָבִ֖ים וְאֶת־נַפְתֻּחִֽים׃

umitsrayim yalad et-ludim ve'et-anamim ve'et-lehavim ve'et-naftukhim

And Mizraim begot the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim,

14

וְֽאֶת־פַּתְרֻסִ֞ים וְאֶת־כַּסְלֻחִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָצְא֥וּ מִשָּׁ֛ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וְאֶת־כַּפְתֹּרִֽים׃ {ס}

ve'et-patrusim ve'et-kaslukhim asher yatse'u misham pelishtim ve'et-kaftorim

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

15

וּכְנַ֗עַן יָלַ֛ד אֶת־צִידֹ֥ן בְּכֹר֖וֹ וְאֶת־חֵֽת׃

ukhena'an yalad et-tsidon bekhoro ve'et-khet

Canaan begot Sidon, his first-born, and Heth;

16

וְאֶת־הַיְבוּסִי֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י וְאֵ֖ת הַגִּרְגָּשִֽׁי׃

ve'et-hayevusi ve'et-ha'emori ve'et haggirgashi

and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

17

וְאֶת־הַֽחִוִּ֥י וְאֶת־הַֽעַרְקִ֖י וְאֶת־הַסִּינִֽי׃

ve'et-hakhivvi ve'et-ha'arqi ve'et-hassini

the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

18

וְאֶת־הָֽאַרְוָדִ֥י וְאֶת־הַצְּמָרִ֖י וְאֶת־הַֽחֲמָתִ֑י וְאַחַ֣ר נָפֹ֔צוּ מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת הַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽי׃

ve'et-ha'arvadi ve'et-hatsemari ve'et-hakhamati ve'akhar nafotsu mishpekhot hakkena'ani

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites spread out.

19

וַיְהִ֞י גְּב֤וּל הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ מִצִּידֹ֔ן בֹּאֲכָ֥ה גְרָ֖רָה עַד־עַזָּ֑ה בֹּאֲכָ֞ה סְדֹ֧מָה וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה וְאַדְמָ֥ה וּצְבֹיִ֖ם עַד־לָֽשַׁע׃

vayehi gevul hakkena'ani mitsidon bo'akhah gerarah ad-azzah bo'akhah sedomah va'amorah ve'admah utsevoyim ad-lasha

(The [original] Canaanite territory extended from Sidon as far as Gerar, near Gaza, and as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.)

20

אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־חָ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לִלְשֹֽׁנֹתָ֑ם בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם בְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃ {ס}

elleh vene-kham lemishpekhotam lilshonotam be'artsotam begoyehem

These are the descendants of Ham, according to their clans and languages, by their lands and nations.

21

וּלְשֵׁ֥ם יֻלַּ֖ד גַּם־ה֑וּא אֲבִי֙ כׇּל־בְּנֵי־עֵ֔בֶר אֲחִ֖י יֶ֥פֶת הַגָּדֽוֹל׃

uleshem yullad gam-hu avi kol-bene-ever akhi yefet haggadol

Sons were also born to Shem, ancestor of all the descendants of Eber and older brother of Japheth.

22

בְּנֵ֥י שֵׁ֖ם עֵילָ֣ם וְאַשּׁ֑וּר וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד וְל֥וּד וַֽאֲרָֽם׃

bene shem elam ve'ashur ve'arpakhshad velud va'aram

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

23

וּבְנֵ֖י אֲרָ֑ם ע֥וּץ וְח֖וּל וְגֶ֥תֶר וָמַֽשׁ׃

uvene aram uts vekhul vegeter vamash

The descendants of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

24

וְאַרְפַּכְשַׁ֖ד יָלַ֣ד אֶת־שָׁ֑לַח וְשֶׁ֖לַח יָלַ֥ד אֶת־עֵֽבֶר׃

ve'arpakhshad yalad et-shalakh veshelakh yalad et-ever

Arpachshad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.

25

וּלְעֵ֥בֶר יֻלַּ֖ד שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֑ים שֵׁ֣ם הָֽאֶחָ֞ד פֶּ֗לֶג כִּ֤י בְיָמָיו֙ נִפְלְגָ֣ה הָאָ֔רֶץ וְשֵׁ֥ם אָחִ֖יו יׇקְטָֽן׃

ule'ever yullad shene vanim shem ha'ekhad peleg ki veyamayw niflegah ha'arets veshem akhiv yoqtan

Two sons were born to Eber: the name of the first was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother was Joktan.

26

וְיׇקְטָ֣ן יָלַ֔ד אֶת־אַלְמוֹדָ֖ד וְאֶת־שָׁ֑לֶף וְאֶת־חֲצַרְמָ֖וֶת וְאֶת־יָֽרַח׃

veyoqtan yalad et-almodad ve'et-shalef ve'et-khatsarmavet ve'et-yarakh

Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

27

וְאֶת־הֲדוֹרָ֥ם וְאֶת־אוּזָ֖ל וְאֶת־דִּקְלָֽה׃

ve'et-hadoram ve'et-uzal ve'et-diqlah

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

28

וְאֶת־עוֹבָ֥ל וְאֶת־אֲבִֽימָאֵ֖ל וְאֶת־שְׁבָֽא׃

ve'et-oval ve'et-avima'el ve'et-sheva

Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

29

וְאֶת־אוֹפִ֥ר וְאֶת־חֲוִילָ֖ה וְאֶת־יוֹבָ֑ב כׇּל־אֵ֖לֶּה בְּנֵ֥י יׇקְטָֽן׃

ve'et-ofir ve'et-khavilah ve'et-yovav kol-elleh bene yoqtan

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the descendants of Joktan.

30

וַיְהִ֥י מוֹשָׁבָ֖ם מִמֵּשָׁ֑א בֹּאֲכָ֥ה סְפָ֖רָה הַ֥ר הַקֶּֽדֶם׃

vayehi moshavam mimmesha bo'akhah sefarah har haqqedem

Their settlements extended from Mesha as far as Sephar, the hill country to the east.

31

אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵי־שֵׁ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לִלְשֹׁנֹתָ֑ם בְּאַרְצֹתָ֖ם לְגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃

elleh vene-shem lemishpekhotam lilshonotam be'artsotam legoyehem

These are the descendants of Shem according to their clans and languages, by their lands, according to their nations.

32

אֵ֣לֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת בְּנֵי־נֹ֛חַ לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֖ם בְּגוֹיֵהֶ֑ם וּמֵאֵ֜לֶּה נִפְרְד֧וּ הַגּוֹיִ֛ם בָּאָ֖רֶץ אַחַ֥ר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃ {פ}

elleh mishpekhot bene-noakh letoledotam begoyehem ume'elleh nifredu haggoyim ba'arets akhar hammabbul

These are the groupings of Noah’s descendants, according to their origins, by their nations; and from these the nations branched out over the earth after the Flood.

Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, under their Creative Commons licence.

Yaacov, native Jerusalemite

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