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1. Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
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2. The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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3. The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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4. The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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5. Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
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6. The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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7. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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8. Cush became the father of Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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9. He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
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10. The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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11. Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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12. and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
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13. Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
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14. Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.
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15. Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
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16. the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,
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17. the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,
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18. the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
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19. The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
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20. These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
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21. To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
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22. The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
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23. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
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24. Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
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25. To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
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26. Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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27. Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
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28. Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
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29. Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
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30. Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
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31. These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
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32. These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
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