The Bible in Basic English BBE
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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.
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