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1 This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons. "God Turned Their Language into 'Babble'"
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These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah.
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The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, Rodanim.
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The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 The seafaring peoples developed from these, each in its own place by family, each with its own language.
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From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, Canaan.
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The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, Dedan.
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The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush also had Nimrod. He was the first great warrior on Earth.
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Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
9 He was a great hunter before God. There was a saying, "Like Nimrod, a great hunter before God."
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD."
10 His kingdom got its start with Babel; then Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the country of Shinar.
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The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 From there he went up to Asshur and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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From that land he went into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, and
12 and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
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Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
13 Egypt was ancestor to the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim,
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Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
14 the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (the origin of the Philistines), and the Kaphtorim.
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Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.
15 Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth,
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Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
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and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
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the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out,
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the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed.
19 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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And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
20 These are the descendants of Ham by family, language, country, and nation.
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These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.
21 Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was ancestor to all the children of Eber.
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To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.
22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
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The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, Meshech.
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The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had Eber.
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Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.
25 Eber had two sons, Peleg (so named because in his days the human race divided) and Joktan.
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To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.
26 Joktan had Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
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Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
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Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab - all sons of Joktan.
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 Their land goes from Mesha toward Sephar as far as the mountain ranges in the east.
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The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east.
31 These are the descendants of Shem by family, language, country, and nation.
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These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.
32 This is the family tree of the sons of Noah as they developed into nations. From them nations developed all across the Earth after the flood.
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These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.
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