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His kingdom got its start with Babel; then Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the country of Shinar.
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From there he went up to Asshur and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
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Egypt was ancestor to the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim,
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the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (the origin of the Philistines), and the Kaphtorim.
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Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth,
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the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
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the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
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the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out,
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going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.
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These are the descendants of Ham by family, language, country, and nation.