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1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters
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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, the Kittim and the Dodanim.
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The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
5 From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.
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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 Sabteca; 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 was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
9 He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.
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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 at the first, 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 From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,
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From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
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