The Table of Nations
(1 Chronicles 1:4–27)
This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood. Gen 2:4Gen 9:7Gen 5:1Gen 6:9Gen 9:1Gen 9:19Mat 1:1
The Japhethites
The sons of Japheth: Ezk 38:2Ezk 38:61Ch 1:5-7Isa 66:19Rev 20:8Ezk 39:1Ezk 27:12-14Ezk 27:19
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
The sons of Gomer: Ezk 27:14Jer 51:27
Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
And the sons of Javan: Dan 11:30Isa 23:1Isa 23:12Num 24:24Ezk 27:12Ezk 27:25
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. 1 From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations. Zep 2:11Isa 42:4Jer 2:10Gen 10:20Jer 25:22Gen 10:25Gen 11:1-9Isa 24:15
The Hamites
The sons of Ham: 1Ch 1:8-161Ch 4:40Ezk 27:10Gen 9:22Isa 11:11Jer 46:9Psa 105:23Psa 105:27
Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
The sons of Cush: Ezk 27:22Ezk 27:151Ki 10:1Gen 2:11Isa 21:13Psa 72:10
Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, 2 Raamah, and Sabteca.
And the sons of Raamah:
Sheba and Dedan.
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one 3on the earth. Mic 5:6 He was a mighty hunter before 4the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.” 2Ch 28:22Gen 13:13Gen 25:27Gen 27:30Gen 6:11Gen 6:4Ezk 13:18Jer 16:16 His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 5 Gen 11:9Gen 11:2Gen 14:1Mic 4:10Amo 6:2Isa 10:9Isa 11:11Isa 39:1 From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, Mic 5:6Jon 1:2Nam 1:1Psa 83:82Ki 19:36Ezk 27:23Ezk 32:22Ezr 4:2 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, 1Ch 1:11-12Jer 46:9Ezk 30:5 the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites. 6 Jer 47:41Ch 1:12Amo 9:7Deu 2:23Isa 11:11Jer 44:1
And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, 7 and of the Hittites, Exo 34:11Num 34:2-151Ch 1:13Gen 15:18-21Gen 23:32Sa 11:3Exo 3:8Gen 28:3-20 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 2Sa 24:18Jdg 1:21Zec 9:7 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, Gen 34:2 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. 2Ch 13:42Ki 17:242Ki 17:302Sa 8:9Ezk 27:8Ezk 47:16-17Isa 10:9Jos 18:22
Later the Canaanite clans were scattered, and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. Gen 14:2Gen 19:24-25Deu 32:8Gen 13:10-17Gen 18:20Gen 20:1Gen 26:1Hos 11:8
These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. Gen 10:6Gen 11:1-9
The Semites
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; 8 Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber. Num 24:24Gen 11:10-26
The sons of Shem: Isa 66:191Ch 1:17-272Ki 15:19Act 2:9Gen 14:1-9Gen 9:26Isa 11:11Isa 21:2
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
The sons of Aram: Job 1:1Jer 25:20
Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 9
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, 10 and Shelah was the father of Eber. Gen 11:12-15Luk 3:35
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, 11 because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan. 1Ch 1:19Gen 10:32Deu 32:8Act 17:26Luk 3:35-36Gen 11:16-19Gen 10:21
And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 1Ch 1:20-28 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 1Ch 1:20-28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 1Ch 1:20-281Ki 10:1Gen 25:3 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. 1Ki 9:281Ch 8:181Ch 9:101Ch 9:131Ki 22:481Sa 15:7Gen 25:18Isa 13:12 Their territory extended from Mesha to Sephar, in the eastern hill country. Num 23:7
These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations. Gen 10:20Gen 10:5Act 17:26
All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood. Gen 9:19Act 17:26Gen 10:1Gen 10:20Gen 10:25Gen 5:29-31Gen 9:1Gen 9:7