IGenesisi 10

10 ¹Lo ngumlando wamadodana kaNowa—uShemu, uHamu, noJafethe. Bazalelwa amadodana emva kukazamcolo.

²Amadodana kaJafethe: uGomeri, uMagogi, uMadayi, uJavani, uThubali, uMesheki, noThirasi.

³Amadodana kaGomeri: u-Ashkenazi, uRifathi, noThogarma. ⁴Amadodana kaJavani: u-Elisha, uTharshishi, uKhithimi, noRodanimi. ⁵Kusukela kulaba, izizwe zasogwini zahlukana zangena emazweni azo, kwaba yilowo nalowo ngokolimi lwakhe, ngokomndeni, nangesizwe.

⁶Amadodana kaHamu: uKushe, uMizrayimi, uPhuti, noKhanani. ⁷Amadodana kaKushe: uSeba, uHavila, uSabta, uRahama, noSabteka. Amadodana kaRahama: uSheba noDedani. ⁸UKushe wazala uNimrodi, owaba ngumuntu onamandla wokuqala emhlabeni. ⁹Wayeyisizingeli esinamandla phambi kukaNkulunkulu; ngakho kuthiwa: “NjengoNimrodi, isizingeli esinamandla phambi kukaNkulunkulu.” ¹⁰Ukuqala kombuso wakhe kwakuyiBabeli, i-Ereki, i-Akhadi, neKhalne, ezweni laseShinari. ^a a v10 IShinari libhekise esifundeni esahlotshaniswa neBabiloni kamuva. ¹¹Kusukela kulelo zwe waya e-Asiriya, wakha iNineve, iRehoboti-Iri, iKhala, ¹²neReseni, phakathi kweNineve neKhala; lona ngumuzi omkhulu. ¹³UMizrayimi wazala amaLudi, ama-Anami, amaLehabi, amaNafethuhi, ¹⁴amaPhatrusi, amaKhasluhi (okwaphuma kuwo amaFilisti), namaKhaftori.

¹⁵UKhanani wazala uSidoni izibulo lakhe, noHeti, ¹⁶namaJebusi, ama-Amori, amaGirigashi, ¹⁷amaHivi, ama-Arki, amaSini, ¹⁸ama-Arvadi, amaZemari, namaHamathi. Emva kwalokho imindeni yamaKhanani yasabalala. ¹⁹Umngcele wamaKhanani wawusukela eSidoni ubheke eGerari kuze kufike eGaza, ubheke eSodoma, eGomora, e-Adma, naseZeboyimi, kuze kufike eLasha. ²⁰Yilawa amadodana kaHamu, ngemindeni yawo, ngezilimi zawo, ngamazwe awo, nangezizwe zawo.

²¹UShemu naye wazalelwa abantwana; wayengumnewabo kaJafethe, uyise wazo zonke izizukulwane zika-Eberi. ²²Amadodana kaShemu: u-Elamu, u-Ashuri, u-Arfaksadi, uLudi, no-Aramu. ²³Amadodana ka-Aramu: u-Uzi, uHuli, uGetheri, noMashi. ²⁴U-Arfaksadi wazala uShela, uShela wazala u-Eberi. ²⁵U-Eberi wayenamadodana amabili: elinye lagama lakhe lingu-Pelegi, ngokuba umhlaba wahlukaniswa ezinsukwini zakhe, umfowabo igama lakhe linguJokthani. ^b b v25 U-Pelegi usho “ukwahlukana” — igama lakhe libonisa isikhathi sokuphila kwakhe lapho izizwe zomhlaba zahlukaniswa khona. ²⁶UJokthani wazala u-Alimodadi, uShelefu, uHazarimaveti, uJera, ²⁷uHadoramu, u-Uzali, uDikla, ²⁸u-Obali, u-Abimayeli, uSheba, ²⁹u-Ofiri, uHavila, noJobabi; bonke laba babengamadodana kaJokthani. ³⁰Indawo yabo yayisukela eMesha ubheke eSefari, kuze kufike ezweni lezintaba lasempumalanga. ³¹Yilawa amadodana kaShemu, ngemindeni yawo, ngezilimi zawo, ngamazwe awo, nangezizwe zawo.

³²Yile imindeni yamadodana kaNowa, ngezizukulwane zawo, ezizweni zawo; kusukela kulawa izizwe zasabalala emhlabeni emva kukazamcolo.