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Book of Genesis, Chapter 10

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Chapter 10 of Genesis—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And this is the history of Noah’s sons,1 Shem, Ham and Jaʹpheth.
    ¶ Now sons began to be born to them after the deluge.2
  2. The sons of Jaʹpheth were Goʹmer3 and Maʹgog4 and Maʹda·i5 and Jaʹvan6 and Tuʹbal7 and Meʹshech8 and Tiʹras.9
  3. ¶ And the sons of Goʹmer were Ashʹke·naz10 and Riʹphath11 and To·garʹmah.12
  4. ¶ And the sons of Jaʹvan were E·liʹshah13 and Tarʹshish,14 Kitʹtim15 and Doʹda·nim.[a]16
  5. ¶ From these the population of the isles[b] of the nations was spread about in their lands, each according to its tongue, according to their families, by their nations.
  6. ¶ And the sons of Ham were Cush17 and Mizʹra·im18 and Put19 and Caʹnaan.20
  7. ¶ And the sons of Cush were Seʹba21 and Havʹi·lah and Sabʹtah and Raʹa·mah22 and Sabʹte·ca.
    ¶ And the sons of Raʹa·mah were Sheʹba and Deʹdan.23
  8. ¶ And Cush became father to Nimʹrod.24 He made the start in becoming a mighty one[c] in the earth.
  9. He displayed himself a mighty hunter[d] in opposition to[e] Jehovah. That is why there is a saying: “Just like Nimʹrod a mighty hunter in opposition to Jehovah.”25
  10. And the beginning of his kingdom came to be Baʹbel[f]26 and Eʹrech27 and Acʹcad and Calʹneh, in the land of Shiʹnar.28
  11. Out of that land he went forth into As·syrʹi·a29 and set himself to building Ninʹe·veh30 and Re·hoʹboth-Ir and Caʹlah
  12. and Reʹsen between Ninʹe·veh and Caʹlah: this is the great city.
  13. ¶ And Mizʹra·im31 became father to Luʹdim32 and Anʹa·mim and Le·haʹbim and Naph·tuʹhim33
  14. and Path·ruʹsim34 and Cas·luʹhim35 (from among whom the Phi·lisʹtines36 went forth) and Caphʹto·rim.37
  15. ¶ And Caʹnaan became father to Siʹdon38 his firstborn and Heth39
  16. and the Jebʹu·site40 and the Amʹor·ite41 and the Girʹga·shite
  17. and the Hiʹvite42 and the Arkʹite and the Siʹnite
  18. and the Arʹvad·ite43 and the Zemʹa·rite and the Haʹmath·ite;44 and afterward the families of the Caʹnaan·ite were scattered.
  19. So the boundary of the Caʹnaan·ite came to be from Siʹdon as far as Geʹrar,45 near Gaʹza,46 as far as Sodʹom and Go·morʹrah47 and Adʹmah48 and Ze·boiʹim,49 near Laʹsha.[g]
  20. These were the sons of Ham according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.
  21. ¶ And to Shem, the forefather of all the sons of Eʹber,50 the brother of Jaʹpheth the oldest, there was also progeny born.
  22. The sons of Shem were Eʹlam51 and Asʹshur52 and Ar·pachʹshad53 and Lud and Aʹram.
  23. ¶ And the sons of Aʹram were Uz and Hul and Geʹther and Mash.54
  24. ¶ And Ar·pachʹshad became father to Sheʹlah,55 and Sheʹlah became father to Eʹber.
  25. ¶ And to Eʹber there were two sons born. The name of the one was Peʹleg,[h]56 because in his days the earth[i] was divided;57 and the name of his brother was Jokʹtan.58
  26. ¶ And Jokʹtan became father to Al·moʹdad and Sheʹleph and Ha·zar·maʹveth and Jeʹrah59
  27. and Ha·doʹram and Uʹzal and Dikʹlah60
  28. and Oʹbal and A·bimʹa·el and Sheʹba61
  29. and Oʹphir62 and Havʹi·lah63 and Joʹbab;64 all these were the sons of Jokʹtan.
  30. ¶ And their place of dwelling came to extend from Meʹsha as far as Seʹphar, the mountainous region of the East.
  31. ¶ These were the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their tongues, in their lands, according to their nations.65
  32. ¶ These were the families of the sons of Noah according to their family descents, by their nations, and from these the nations were spread about in the earth after the deluge.66

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Rodanim,” SamLXX. See 1Ch 1:7 ftn, “Rodanim.”
  2. ^ Lit., “From these the isles (coastlands).”
  3. ^ “A mighty one.” Heb., gib·borʹ. This word occurs first in 6:4, next in this vs, then twice in vs 9.
  4. ^ Lit., “mighty one in hunting.”
  5. ^ Lit., “in front of,” but in the sense of defiance of and opposition to, as in the case of the same expression in Nu 16:2; Jos 7:12, 13; 1Ch 14:8; 2Ch 14:10; Job 23:4. Heb., liph·nehʹ; Gr., e·nan·tiʹon, generally “against.”
  6. ^ “Babel,” MSamSy; LXXVg, “Babylon.”
  7. ^ “Lasha,” traditionally identified with Callirrhoe, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea.
  8. ^ Meaning “Division; Stream.”
  9. ^ Or, “earth’s population.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Ch 1:4; Lu 3:36
  2. ^ Ge 9:19
  3. ^ Eze 38:6; Ga 1:2
  4. ^ Eze 38:2
  5. ^ 2Ki 17:6; Is 13:17
  6. ^ Zc 9:13
  7. ^ Is 66:19; Eze 27:13
  8. ^ Ps 120:5; Eze 32:26
  9. ^ 1Ch 1:5
  10. ^ Je 51:27
  11. ^ 1Ch 1:6
  12. ^ Eze 27:14; 38:6
  13. ^ Eze 27:7
  14. ^ 1Ki 10:22; Jon 1:3
  15. ^ Is 23:1
  16. ^ 1Ch 1:7
  17. ^ 1Ch 1:8
  18. ^ Ge 50:11
  19. ^ Je 46:9; Na 3:9
  20. ^ Nu 34:2
  21. ^ Ps 72:10
  22. ^ Eze 27:22
  23. ^ 1Ch 1:9
  24. ^ 1Ch 1:10
  25. ^ Ps 35:4
  26. ^ Ge 11:9
  27. ^ Ezr 4:9
  28. ^ Da 1:2
  29. ^ Mc 5:6
  30. ^ Jon 3:3; Mt 12:41
  31. ^ 1Ch 1:8
  32. ^ Je 46:9
  33. ^ 1Ch 1:11
  34. ^ Eze 29:14
  35. ^ 1Ch 1:12
  36. ^ Jos 13:3; Je 47:4
  37. ^ De 2:23
  38. ^ Jos 13:6; Mr 7:24
  39. ^ Ge 25:10; 27:46
  40. ^ Jg 1:21
  41. ^ Ge 15:16; De 3:8
  42. ^ Jos 11:3
  43. ^ Eze 27:11
  44. ^ 1Ki 8:65; Zc 9:2
  45. ^ Ge 20:1
  46. ^ Jos 15:47; Ac 8:26
  47. ^ Ge 13:10; 19:24; 2Pe 2:6; Jd 7
  48. ^ De 29:23
  49. ^ Ge 14:8
  50. ^ Ge 11:17
  51. ^ Ezr 4:9; Ac 2:9
  52. ^ Eze 27:23
  53. ^ Ge 11:10
  54. ^ 1Ch 1:17
  55. ^ Ge 11:12; Lu 3:35
  56. ^ Ge 11:16
  57. ^ Ge 11:9
  58. ^ 1Ch 1:19
  59. ^ 1Ch 1:20
  60. ^ 1Ch 1:21
  61. ^ 1Ch 1:22
  62. ^ 1Ki 9:28; 10:11; 1Ch 29:4
  63. ^ Ge 2:11; 25:18
  64. ^ 1Ch 1:23
  65. ^ Ge 10:5
  66. ^ Ge 9:7, 19; Ac 17:26

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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