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These are the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim people and the Rodanim people.[a]

These people lived by the sea. They lived in groups. Each group went to live in a different place. Each group spoke its own language.

Ham's family

These are the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:4 The Kittim are people who went to live in Cyprus.

The sons of Javan:

Elishah,(A) Tarshish,(B) the Kittites(C) and the Rodanites.[a] (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)(D)

The Hamites(E)

The sons of Ham:

Cush,(F) Egypt, Put(G) and Canaan.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites