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1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and unto them were sons born after the flood.
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This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
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The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim.
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The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided into their lands, every one after his own tongue, according to their families, into their nations.
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(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
6 And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim, and Put and Canaan.
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The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
7 And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah, and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
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The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD."
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
11 Out of that land he went forth to Assyria, and built Nineveh and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
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From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; the same is a great city.
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and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
13 And Mizraim begot Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim
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Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14 and Pathrusim and Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.
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Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
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