UGenesisi 10

Uhlelo Lwezizwe

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

AmaJafethi

2Amadodana kaJafethi ayeyila:

uGomeri, uMagogi, uMadayi uJavani, uThubhali, uMesheki loThirasi.

3Amadodana kaGomeri ayeyila:

u-Ashikhenazi, uRifathi kanye loThogarima.

4Amadodana kaJavani ayeyila:

u-Elisha, uThashishi, uKhithimi loRodanimu. 5(Kusukela kulaba abahlala ngasolwandle behlukana ngezigodi zabo, yilabo ngosendo lwabo bephakathi kwezizwe zabo, kuyilabo lalabo bekhuluma ulimi lwabo.)

AmaHamithi

6Amadodana kaHamu ayeyila:

uKhushi, uMizirayimi, uPhuthi loKhenani.

7Amadodana kaKhushi ayeyila:

uSebha, uHavila, uSabhitha, uRahama loSabhitheka.

Amadodana kaRahama ayeyila:

uShebha loDedani.

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

wamaLudi, ama-Anami, amaLehabhi, amaNafithuhi, 14amaPhathrosi lamaKhasiluhi (okwadabuka khona amaFilistiya) lamaKhafithori.

15UKhenani wayenguyise

kaSidoni izibulo lakhe, amaHithi, 16amaJebusi, ama-Amori, amaGigashi, 17amaHivi, ama-Arikhi, amaSini, 18ama-Avadi, amaZemari kanye lamaHamathi.

(Muva izizwana zamaKhenani zasabalala 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.

AmaSemi

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

22Amadodana kaShemu ayeyila:

u-Elamu, u-Ashuri, u-Afazadi, uLudi lo-Aramu.

23Amadodana ka-Aramu ayeyila:

u-Uzi, uHuli, uGetha loMesheki.

24U-Afazadi wayenguyise kaShela,

uShela wazala u-Ebha.

25Amadodana amabili ayezalwa ngu-Ebha ayeyila:

Omunye wayenguPhelegi, ngoba ngezinsuku zakhe umhlaba wawudabuke phakathi; umfowabo kwakuthiwa nguJokithani.

26UJokithani wayenguyise

ka-Alimodadi, uShelefi, uHazarimavethi, uJera, 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.