Genesis 10:5-7

10:5 From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.

10:6 The sons of Ham were Cush, ¹  Mizraim, ²  Put, ³  and Canaan. ⁴  10:7 The sons of Cush were Seba, ⁵  Havilah, ⁶  Sabtah, ⁷  Raamah, ⁸  and Sabteca. ⁹  The sons of Raamah were Sheba ¹⁰  and Dedan. ¹¹ 

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¹ sn The descendants of Cush settled in Nubia (Ethiopia).

² sn The descendants of Mizraim settled in Upper and Lower Egypt.

³ sn The descendants of Put settled in Libya.

⁴ sn The descendants of Canaan lived in the region of Phoenicia (Palestine).

⁵ sn The descendants of Seba settled in Upper Egypt along the Nile.

⁶ sn The Hebrew name Havilah apparently means “stretch of sand” (see HALOT 297 s.v. חֲוִילָה). Havilah’s descendants settled in eastern Arabia.

⁷ sn The descendants of Sabtah settled near the western shore of the Persian Gulf in ancient Hadhramaut.

⁸ sn The descendants of Raamah settled in southwest Arabia.

⁹ sn The descendants of Sabteca settled in Samudake, east toward the Persian Gulf.

¹⁰ sn Sheba became the name of a kingdom in southwest Arabia.

¹¹ sn The name Dedan is associated with àUla in northern Arabia.