4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanites.
5 The people who lived by the sea came from all of them. Their tribes and nations spread out into their own territories. Each tribe and nation had its own language.
6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod. Nimrod grew up to be a mighty hero on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter in the Lord's eyes. That's why people sometimes compare others with Nimrod. They say, "They are like Nimrod, who is a mighty hunter in the Lord's eyes."
10 At first Nimrod's kingdom was made up of Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh. Those cities were in the land of Babylonia.