Editing Generations of Noah (section)

===Septuagint version===
The Hebrew bible was translated into Greek in Alexandria at the request of [[Ptolemy II]], who reigned over Egypt 285–246 BCE.{{sfn|Pietersma|Wright|2005|p=xiii}} Its version of the Table of Nations is substantially the same as that in the Hebrew text, but with the following differences:
* It lists Elisa as an extra son of Japheth, giving him eight instead of seven, while continuing to list him also as a son of Javan, as in the Masoretic text. 
* Whereas the Hebrew text lists Shelah as the son of Arpachshad in the line of Shem, the Septuagint has a [[Cainan]] as the son of Arpachshad and father of Shelah – the Book of Jubilees gives considerable scope to this figure. Cainan appears again at the end of the list of the sons of Shem.
* Obal, Joktan's eighth son in the Masoretic text, does not appear.{{sfn|Scott|2005|p=25}}