Genesis 10 talk about how Noah pikin dem spread across di earth after di flood. E also show di nations wey come from each of dem.
1. Na di history of Noah pikin dem, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, wey dem born after di flood. Dem be di fathers of all di nations wey come after dem.
2. Japheth pikin dem be Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3. Gomer pikin dem na Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4. Javan pikin dem na Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5. From these people, di people wey live for di islands of di sea spread go everywhere. Dem na di children of Japheth.
6. Ham pikin dem be Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7. Cush pikin dem be Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah. Raamah pikin dem be Sheba and Dedan.
8. Cush get pikin wey name na Nimrod. Nimrod na di first man wey begin build big kingdom for earth, and he became a mighty warrior wey dey fight against God.
9. He be mighty hunter before God, and people dey talk say, “Nimrod be mighty hunter before God.”
10. Di first part of his kingdom na Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, all na for di land of Shinar.
11. From there, Nimrod go to Assyria, and he build Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and Resen, which be di big city between Nineveh and Calah.
12. Mizraim pikin dem be Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim. (Di Philistines come from Caphtorim.)
13. Canaan pikin dem be Sidon (him firstborn), Heth,
14. Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
15. Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
16. Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. After, Canaan pikin dem divide their territories; from Sidon to Gerar near Gaza, all di way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
17. These na di descendants of Ham, according to their clans, languages, territories, and nations.
18. From Shem, di ancestor of all di children of Eber, and di brother of Japheth, come Shem pikin dem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
19. Aram pikin dem be Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
20. Arphaxad pikin dem be Shelah, and Shelah pikin dem be Eber.
21. Eber get two pikin: one name na Peleg, because during im time, di earth was divided, and di other name na Joktan.
22. Joktan pikin dem be Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
23. Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
24. Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
25. Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these na Joktan pikin dem.
26. Joktan territory stretch from Mesha, all di way to Sephar, in di eastern mountains.
27. These na di descendants of Shem, according to their clans, languages, territories, and nations.
28. These are di nations wey descend from Noah’s sons, according to their generations, by their nations, and from dem di nations of di earth spread after di flood.
29. These na di people wey come from di sons of Noah. Dem spread go all over di earth, and each one get im own territory.
30. Japheth pikin dem scatter for far places, and di people of di coastlands settle for places close to di sea.
31. Ham pikin dem live for di African continent, and dem spread to places wey far from Israel.
32. Shem pikin dem stay for di areas wey close to Israel, and na from Shem pikin dem God choose Israel.
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