The Descendants of Noah's Sons
(1 Chronicles 1.5-23)1 These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth—Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 3 The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes; 5 they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
6 The sons of Ham—Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 7 The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror. 9 By the Lord's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, “May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!” 10 At first his kingdom included Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia. 11 From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
13 The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, 14 Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete, from whom the Philistines are descended.
15 Canaan's sons—Sidon, the oldest, and Heth—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 16 Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. The different tribes of the Canaanites spread out, 19 until the Canaanite borders reached from Sidon southward to Gerar near Gaza, and eastward to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim near Lasha. 20 These are the descendants of Ham, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
21 Shem, the older brother of Japheth, was the ancestor of all the Hebrews. 22 Shem's sons—Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram—were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names. 23 The descendants of Aram were the people of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek. 24 Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber. 25 Eber had two sons: one was named Peleg, because during his time the people of the world were divided; and the other was named Joktan. 26 The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of them were descended from Joktan. 30 The land in which they lived extended from Mesha to Sephar in the eastern hill country. 31 These are the descendants of Shem, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
32 All these peoples are the descendants of Noah, nation by nation, according to their different lines of descent. After the flood all the nations of the earth were descended from the sons of Noah.
Postérité des trois fils de Noé
V. 1-5: cf. 1 Ch 1:4-7. Ge 9:27.1 Voici la postérité des fils de Noé, Sem, Cham et Japhet. Il leur naquit des fils après le déluge. 2 Les fils de Japhet furent: Gomer, Magog, Madaï, Javan, Tubal, Méschec et Tiras. 3 Les fils de Gomer: Aschkenaz, Riphat et Togarma. 4 Les fils de Javan: Élischa, Tarsis, Kittim et Dodanim. 5 C’est par eux qu’ont été peuplées les îles des nations selon leurs terres, selon la langue de chacun, selon leurs familles, selon leurs nations.
V. 6-20: cf. 1 Ch 1:8-16. Ge 9:22-25.6 Les fils de Cham furent: Cusch, Mitsraïm, Puth et Canaan. 7 Les fils de Cusch: Saba, Havila, Sabta, Raema et Sabteca. Les fils de Raema: Séba et Dedan. 8 Cusch engendra aussi Nimrod; c’est lui qui commença à être puissant sur la terre. 9 Il fut un vaillant chasseur devant l’Éternel; c’est pourquoi l’on dit: Comme Nimrod, vaillant chasseur devant l’Éternel. 10 Il régna d’abord sur Babel, Érec, Accad et Calné, au pays de Schinear. 11 De ce pays-là sortit Assur; il bâtit Ninive, Rehoboth Hir, Calach, 12 et Résen entre Ninive et Calach; c’est la grande ville. 13 Mitsraïm engendra les Ludim, les Anamim, les Lehabim, les Naphtuhim, 14 les Patrusim, les Casluhim, d’où sont sortis les Philistins, et les Caphtorim. 15 Canaan engendra Sidon, son premier-né, et Heth; 16 et les Jébusiens, les Amoréens, les Guirgasiens, 17 les Héviens, les Arkiens, les Siniens, 18 les Arvadiens, les Tsemariens, les Hamathiens. Ensuite, les familles des Cananéens se dispersèrent. 19 Les limites des Cananéens allèrent depuis Sidon, du côté de Guérar, jusqu’à Gaza, et du côté de Sodome, de Gomorrhe, d’Adma et de Tseboïm, jusqu’à Léscha. 20 Ce sont là les fils de Cham, selon leurs familles, selon leurs langues, selon leurs pays, selon leurs nations.
V. 21-32: cf. 1 Ch 1:17-27. Ge 9:26Ge 11:10-32.21 Il naquit aussi des fils à Sem, père de tous les fils d’Héber, et frère de Japhet l’aîné. 22 Les fils de Sem furent: Élam, Assur, Arpacschad, Lud et Aram. 23 Les fils d’Aram: Uts, Hul, Guéter et Masch. 24 Arpacschad engendra Schélach; et Schélach engendra Héber. 25 Il naquit à Héber deux fils: le nom de l’un était Péleg, parce que de son temps la terre fut partagée, et le nom de son frère était Jokthan. 26 Jokthan engendra Almodad, Schéleph, Hatsarmaveth, Jérach, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Dikla, 28 Obal, Abimaël, Séba, 29 Ophir, Havila et Jobab. Tous ceux-là furent fils de Jokthan. 30 Ils habitèrent depuis Méscha, du côté de Sephar, jusqu’à la montagne de l’orient. 31 Ce sont là les fils de Sem, selon leurs familles, selon leurs langues, selon leurs pays, selon leurs nations. 32 Telles sont les familles des fils de Noé, selon leurs générations, selon leurs nations. Et c’est d’eux que sont sorties les nations qui se sont répandues sur la terre après le déluge.
