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Japheth's descendants were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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Gomer's descendants were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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Javan's descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.
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From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families.
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Ham's descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
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Cush's descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's descendants were Sheba and Dedan.
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth.
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He was a mighty hunter whom the LORD blessed. That's why people used to say, "[He's] like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the LORD blessed."
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The first [cities] in his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in Shinar [Babylonia].
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He went from that land to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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and Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah.