3 Gomer’s descendants wereAshkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Javan’s descendants werethe people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.
5 From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families.
6 Ham’s descendants wereCush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Cush’s descendants wereSeba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah,and Sabteca.Raamah’s descendants wereSheba and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed. That’s why people used to say, “⌊He’s⌋ like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the Lord blessed.”