The Book of Jasher 45

¹🔗ll these dwell by the river Sihor, that is the brook of Egypt, and they built themselves cities and called them after their own names.

²🔗 And the children of Pathros and Casloch intermarried together, and from them went forth the Pelishtim, the Azathim, and the Gerarim, the Githim and the Ekronim, in all five families; these also built themselves cities, and they called their cities after the names of their fathers unto this day.

³🔗 And the children of Canaan also built themselves cities, and they called their cities after their names, eleven cities and others without number.

⁴🔗 And four men from the family of Ham went to the land of the plain; these are the names of the four men, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim.

⁵🔗 And these men built themselves four cities in the land of the plain, and they called the names of their cities after their own names.

⁶🔗 And they and their children and all belonging to them dwelt in those cities, and they were fruitful and multiplied greatly and dwelt peaceably.

⁷🔗 And Seir the son of Hur, son of Hivi, son of Canaan, went and found a valley opposite to Mount Paran, and he built a city there, and he and his seven sons and his household dwelt there, and he called the city which he built Seir, according to his name; that is the land of Seir unto this day.

⁸🔗 These are the families of the children of Ham, according to their languages and cities, when they were scattered to their countries after the tower.

⁹🔗 And some of the children of Shem son of Noah, father of all the children of Eber, also went and built themselves cities in the places wherein they were scattered, and they called their cities after their names. 3 1 . And the sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram, and they built themselves cities and called the names of all their cities after their names. 32.