God of Sem,
27 and Chanaan be the seruaunt to Sem; God alarge Jafeth, and dwelle in the tabernaclis of Sem, and Chanaan be seruaunt of hym.
28 Forsothe Noe lyuede aftir the greet flood thre hundrid and fifti yeer;
29 and alle the daies of hym weren fillid nyn hundrid and fifty yeer, and he was deed.
Chapter 10
1 These ben the generaciouns of the sones of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And sones weren borun to hem aftir the greet flood.
2 The sones of Jafeth weren Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Jauan, and Tubal, and Mosoth, and Thiras.
3 Forsothe the sones of Gomer weren Asseneth, and Rifath, and Thogorma.
4 Forsothe the sones of Jauan weren Helisa, and Tharsis, Cethym, and Dodanym;
5 of these sones the ylis of hethen men weren departid in her cuntrees, ech bi his langage and meynees, in hise naciouns.
6 Sotheli the sones of Cham weren Thus, and Mesraym, and Futh, and Chanaan.
7 Forsothe the sones of Thus weren Saba, and Euila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sones of Regma weren Saba, and Dadan.
8 Forsothe Thus gendride Nemroth; he bigan to be myyti in erthe,
9 and he was a strong huntere of men bifore the Lord; of hym a prouerbe yede out, as Nemroth, a strong huntere bifore the Lord.
10 Sotheli the bigynnyng of his rewme was Babiloyne, and Arach, and Archad, and Thalamye, in the lond of Sennaar.
11 Assur yede out of that lond, and bildide Nynyue, `and stretis of the citee,
12 and Chale, and Resen bitwixe Nynyue and Chale; this is a greet citee.
13 And sotheli Mesraym gendride Ludym, and Anamym, and Laabym, Neptuym, and Ferrusym, and Cesluym;
14 of which the Filisteis and Capturym camen forth.
15 Forsothe Chanaan gendride Sidon, his firste gendride sone, Ethei, and Jebusei,
16 and Amorrei, Gergesei,
17 Euei, and Arathei,
18 Ceney, and Aradie, Samarites, and Amathei; and puplis of Chananeis weren sowun abrood bi these men.
19 And the termes of Chanaan weren maad to men comynge fro Sidon to Gerara, til to Gasa, til thou entre in to Sodom and Gomore, and Adama, and Seboyne, til to Lesa.
20 These weren the sones of Cham, in her kynredis, and langagis, and generaciouns, and londis, and folkis.
21 Also of Sem weren borun the fadris of alle the sones of Heber, and Japhet was the more brother.
22 The sones of Sem weren Elam, and Assur, and Arfaxath, and Lud, and Aram.
23 The sones of Aram weren Vs, and Hul, and Gether, and Mes.
24 And sotheli Arfaxath gendride Sale, of whom Heber was borun.
25 And twei sones weren borun to Heber, the name to o sone was Faleg, for the lond was departid in hise daies; and the name of his brothir was Jectan.
26 And thilke Jectan gendride Elmodad, and Salech,
27 and Asamoth, Jare, and Adhuram, and Vsal,
28 and Deda, and Ebal, and Abymahel, Saba, and Ofir, and Euila, and Jobab;
29 alle these weren the sones of Jectan.
30 And the habitacioun of hem was maad fro Messa, as `me goith til to Sefar, an hil of the eest.
31 These ben the sones of Sem, bi kynredis, and langagis, and cuntrees, in her folkis.
32 These ben the meynees of Noe, bi her puplis and naciouns; folkis in erthe weren departid of these aftir the greet flood.
Chapter 11
1 Forsothe the lond was of o langage, and of the same speche.
2 And whanne thei yeden forth fro the eest, thei fonden a feeld in the lond of Sennaar, and dwelliden ther ynne.
3 And oon seide to his neiybore, Come ye, and make we tiel stonys, and bake we tho with fier; and thei hadden tiel for stonus, and pitche for morter;
4 and seiden, Come ye, and make we to vs a citee and tour, whos hiynesse stretche `til to heuene; and make we solempne oure name bifor that we be departid in to alle londis.
5 Forsothe the Lord cam down to se the citee and tour, which the sones of Adam bildiden.
6 And he seide, Lo! the puple is oon, and o langage is to alle, and thei han bigunne to make this, nethir thei schulen ceesse of her thouytis, til thei fillen tho in werk; therfor come ye, go we doun,
7 and scheende we there the tunge of hem, that ech man here not the voys of his neiybore.
8 And so the Lord departide hem fro that place in to alle londis; and thei cessiden to bielde a cytee.
9 And therfor the name therof was clepid Babel, for the langage of al erthe was confoundide there; and fro thennus the Lord scaterede hem on the face of alle cuntrees.
10 These ben the generaciouns of Sem. Sem was of an hundrid yeer whanne he gendride Arfaxath, twey yeer aftir the greet flood.
11 And Sem lyuede aftir that he gendride Arfaxath fyue hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
12 Forsothe Arfaxath lyuede fyue and thretti yeer, and gendride Sale;
13 and Arfaxath lyuede aftir that he gendride Sale thre hundride and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
14 Also Sale lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Heber;
15 and Sale lyuede after that he gendride Heber foure hundrid and thre yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
16 Sotheli Heber lyuede foure and thretti yeer, and gendride Falech;
17 and Heber lyuede aftir that he gendride Falech foure hundrid and thretti yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
18 Also Falech lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Reu;
19 and Falech lyuede aftir that he gendride Reu two hundrid and nyne yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
20 And Reu lyuede two and thretti yeer, and gendride Saruch;
21 and Reu lyuede aftir that he gendride Saruch two hundrid and seuene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
22 Sotheli Saruch lyuede thretti yeer, and gendride Nachor;
23 and Saruch lyuede aftir that he gendride Nacor two hundrid yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
24 Forsothe Nachor lyuede nyne and twenti yeer, and gendride Thare;
25 and Nachor lyuede after that he gendride Thare an hundrid and nynetene yeer, and gendride sones and douytris.
26 And Thare lyuede seuenti yeer, and gendride Abram,