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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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0 Now these are the toldot of the Bnei Noach: Shem, Cham, and Yephet; and unto them were banim born after the mabbul (flood).
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
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The Bnei Yephet: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Yavan, and Tuval, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
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And the Bnei Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphat, and Togarmah.
4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim.
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And the Bnei Yavan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.
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By these were the coastlands of the Goyim divided in their lands; every one after his leshon, after their mishpechot, in their Goyim.
6 And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.
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And the Bnei Cham: Cush, and Mitzrayim, and Phut, and Kena’an.
7 And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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And the Bnei Cush: Seva, and Chavilah, and Savtah, and Raamah, and Savtecha; and the Bnei Raamah: Sheva, and Dedan.
8 And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth.
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And Cush fathered Nimrod; he began to be a gibbor in ha’aretz.
9 He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.
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He was a gibbor, a hunter before Hashem; therefore it is said, like Nimrod the gibbor, the hunter before Hashem.
10 And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Akkad, and Calneh, in Eretz Shinar.
11 From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah,
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Out of that land he went forth to Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rechovot-Ir, and Kelach,
12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.
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And Resen between Nineveh and Kelach; the same is haIr Hagedolah.
13 And Mizraim was the father of the Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim;
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And Mitzrayim fathered Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehavim, and Naphtuchim,
14 And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.
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And Patrusim, and Casluchim, out of whom came Pelishtim (Philistines), and Caphtorim.
15 And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth,
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And Kena’an fathered Tzidon his bechor, and Chet,
16 And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite,
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And the Yevusi, and the Emori, and the Girgashi,
17 And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite,
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And the Chivvi, and the Arki, and the Sini,
18 And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; after that the families of the Canaanites went far and wide in all directions;
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And the Arvadi, and the Tzemari, and the Chamati; and afterward were the mishpechot haKena’ani spread abroad.
19 Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim.
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And the boundary of the Kena’ani was from Tzidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Azah (Gaza); as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Amora (Gomorrah), and Admah, and Tzevoyim, even unto Lesha.
20 All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham.
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These are the Bnei Cham, after their mishpechot, after their leshonot, in their territories, and in their Goyim.
21 And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.
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Also unto Shem avi kol Bnei Ever, and the older brother of Yephet, even to him were offspring born.
22 These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
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The Bnei Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.
23 And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.
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And Bnei Aram: Uz, and Chul, and Geter, and Mash.
24 And Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber.
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And Arpachshad fathered Shelach; and Shelach fathered Ever.
25 And Eber had two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his time the peoples of the earth became separate; and his brother's name was Joktan.
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And unto Ever were born two banim: the shem of one was Peleg; for in his days was ha’aretz divided; and his brother’s shem was Yoktan.
26 And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah
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And Yoktan fathered Almodad, and Sheleph, and Chatzarmavet, and Yerach,
27 And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah
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And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
28 And Obal and Abimael and Sheba
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And Oval, and Avimael, and Sheva,
29 And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
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And Ophir, and Chavilah, and Yovav; all these were the Bnei Yoktan.
30 And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east.
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And their moshav (dwelling) was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar har hakedem.
31 These, with their families and their languages and their lands and their nations, are the offspring of Shem.
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These are the Bnei Shem, after their mishpechot, according to their leshonot, in their territories, after their Goyim.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters.
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These are the mishpechot of the Bnei Noach, after their toldot, in their Goyim; and by these were the Goyim divided/separated in ha’aretz after the mabbul.
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