መጽሐፈ ኩፋሌ 9:2
ሴምም ድርሻውን በልጆቹ መካከል ከፈለ። መጀመሪያው ድርሻ ለኤላምና ለልጆቹ ወደ ጢግሪስ ወንዝ ምሥራቅ እስከ ሙሉ የኢንዲያ ምድር ምሥራቅ ድረስ ወጣ፤ በኤርትራ በድንበሩ፣ የዴዳን ውኃዎች፣ የመብሪና የኤላ ተራሮች ሁሉ፣ የሱሳን ምድር ሁሉ እና በፈርናክ ድንበር ላይ ያሉ ሁሉ እስከ ቀይ ባሕርና እስከ ቲና ወንዝ ድረስ ተካተቱ።
ሴምም ድርሻውን በልጆቹ መካከል ከፈለ። መጀመሪያው ድርሻ ለኤላምና ለልጆቹ ወደ ጢግሪስ ወንዝ ምሥራቅ እስከ ሙሉ የኢንዲያ ምድር ምሥራቅ ድረስ ወጣ፤ በኤርትራ በድንበሩ፣ የዴዳን ውኃዎች፣ የመብሪና የኤላ ተራሮች ሁሉ፣ የሱሳን ምድር ሁሉ እና በፈርናክ ድንበር ላይ ያሉ ሁሉ እስከ ቀይ ባሕርና እስከ ቲና ወንዝ ድረስ ተካተቱ።
Shem, too, divided (his share) among his sons. There emerged a first share for Elam and his children to the east of the Tigris River until it reaches the east of the entire land of India, in Erythrea on its border, the waters of the Dedan, all the mountains of Mebri and Ela, all the land of Susan, and everything on the border of Farnak as far as the Erythrean Sea and the Tina River.
Shem, too, divided (his share) among his sons. There emerged a first share for Elam and his children to the east of the Tigris River until it reaches the east of the entire land of India, in Erythrea on its border, the waters of the Dedan, all the mountains of Mebri and Ela, all the land of Susan, and everything on the border of Farnak as far as the Erythrean Sea and the Tina River.