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| 10:1 |
This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah's sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
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| 10:2 |
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.
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| 10:3 |
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
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| 10:4 |
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim.
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| 10:5 |
(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
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| 10:6 |
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
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| 10:7 |
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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| 10:8 |
Cush was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.
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| 10:9 |
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."
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| 10:10 |
The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in Shinar.
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| 10:11 |
From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
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| 10:12 |
and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
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| 10:13 |
Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
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| 10:14 |
Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
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| 10:15 |
Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
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| 10:16 |
Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
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| 10:17 |
Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
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| 10:18 |
Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered
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| 10:19 |
and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
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| 10:20 |
These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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| 10:21 |
Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
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| 10:22 |
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
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| 10:23 |
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.
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| 10:24 |
Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah the father of Eber.
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| 10:25 |
Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
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| 10:26 |
Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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| 10:27 |
Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
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| 10:28 |
Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
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| 10:29 |
Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
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| 10:30 |
The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
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| 10:31 |
These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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| 10:32 |
These are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
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