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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. | 1 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, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. | 2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. |
| 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. | 3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. |
| 4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. | 4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim and the Rodanim. |
| 5 Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations. | 5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.) |
| 6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. | 6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. |
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