Genesis 10:5

5From these, [the people of] the coastlands of the nations were separated and spread into their lands, every one 10:5 Here and in vv 20 and 31, references are made to the different languages, in anticipation of God’s judgment of Babel (11:7-9), which resulted in a proliferation of languages.according to his own language, according to their constituent groups (families), and into their nations: