UGenesisi 10

¹Lo ngumlando kaShemu, loHamu loJafethi, amadodana kaNowa, okwathi bona ngokwabo baba lamadodana ngemva kwesikhukhula.

²Amadodana kaJafethi ayeyila:

³Amadodana kaGomeri ayeyila:

⁴Amadodana kaJavani ayeyila:

⁵(Kusukela kulaba abahlala ngasolwandle behlukana ngezigodi zabo, yilabo ngosendo lwabo bephakathi kwezizwe zabo, kuyilabo lalabo bekhuluma ulimi lwabo.)

⁶Amadodana kaHamu ayeyila:

⁷Amadodana kaKhushi ayeyila:

⁸UKhushi wayenguyise kaNimrodi, owakhula waba liqhawe elilamandla emhlabeni.

⁹Wayengumzingeli omkhulu phambi kukaThixo; kungakho lokho kwathiwa, “NjengoNimrodi, umzingeli omkhulu phambi kukaThixo.”

¹⁰Izindawo ezinkulu zembusweni wakhe kwakuyiBhabhiloni, i-Erekhi, i-Akhadi leKhaline eShinari.

¹¹Esuka kulelolizwe waya e-Asiriya lapho akha khona iNiniva, iRehobhothi, i-Iri, iKhala

¹²leReseni ephakathi kweNiniva leKhala; yilo idolobho elikhulukazi.

¹³UMizirayimi wayenguyise

¹⁴amaPhathrosi lamaKhasiluhi (okwadabuka khona amaFilistiya) lamaKhafithori.

¹⁵UKhenani wayenguyise

¹⁶amaJebusi, ama-Amori, amaGigashi,

¹⁷amaHivi, ama-Arikhi, amaSini,

¹⁸ama-Avadi, amaZemari kanye lamaHamathi.

¹⁹kwathi imingcele yeKhenani yasukela eSidoni isiya eGerari kufika eGaza, besekuqonda eSodoma, leGomora, le-Adima leZebhoyimi kuze kuyefika eLasha.)

²⁰La yiwo amadodana kaHamu ngokosendo lwawo langezindimi zawo, ezigodini zawo kanye langezizwe zawo.

²¹Amadodana azalwa njalo kuShemu, umnewabo owayenguJafethi; uShemu wayengukhokho wawo wonke amadodana ka-Ebha.

²²Amadodana kaShemu ayeyila:

²³Amadodana ka-Aramu ayeyila:

²⁴U-Afazadi wayenguyise kaShela,

²⁵Amadodana amabili ayezalwa ngu-Ebha ayeyila:

²⁶UJokithani wayenguyise

²⁷uHadoramu, u-Uzali, uDikila,

²⁸u-Obhali, u-Abhimayeli, uShebha,

²⁹u-Ofiri, uHavila kanye loJobhabhi. Bonke laba babengamadodana kaJokithani.

³⁰Isigodi ababehlala kuso sasisukela eMesha kusiya eSefari elizweni elilamaqaqa elisempumalanga.

³¹La ngamadodana kaShemu ngokosendo lwawo langezindimi zawo, emazweni awo lezizweni zawo.

³²Lezi zinsendo zamadodana kaNowa kusiya ngemindeni yazo, phakathi kwezizwe zawo. Kusukela kuzo, izizwe zahlakazeka zagcwala umhlaba wonke emva kukazamcolo.