4 The descendants of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim.
5 From these branched out the maritime nations.These are the descendants of Japheth by their lands, each with its own language, according to their clans, by their nations.
6 The descendants of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
7 The descendants of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush became the father of Nimrod, who was the first to become a mighty warrior on earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter in the eyes of the Lord; hence the saying, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter in the eyes of the Lord.”
10 His kingdom originated in Babylon, Erech and Accad, all of them in the land of Shinar.