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1 This is the family history of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah. After the flood these three men had sons.
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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 were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
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The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
5 Those who lived in the lands around the Mediterranean Sea came from these sons of Japheth. All the families grew and became different nations, each nation with its own land and its own language.
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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 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were 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 Cush also had a descendant named Nimrod, who became a very powerful man on earth.
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
9 He was a great hunter before the Lord, which is why people say someone is "like Nimrod, a great hunter before the Lord."
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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 At first Nimrod's kingdom covered Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Babylonia.
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The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
11 From there he went to Assyria, where he built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, and Calah.
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From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
12 He also built Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah.
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and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
13 Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
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Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14 Pathrusites, Casluhites, and the people of Crete. (The Philistines came from the Casluhites.)
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Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
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