Good News Translation GNT
English Standard Version ESV
1 These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.
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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, and Tiras - were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes;
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The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 they were the ancestors of the people who live along the coast and on the islands. These are the descendants of Japheth, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking 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, Libya, and Canaan - were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
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The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan.
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The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.
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Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
9 By the Lord's help he was a great hunter, and that is why people say, "May the Lord make you as great a hunter as Nimrod!"
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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 At first his kingdom included Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all three of them in Babylonia.
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The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 From that land he went to Assyria and built the cities of 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, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
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Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
13 The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,
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Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
14 Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete, from whom the Philistines are descended.
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Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.
15 Canaan's sons - Sidon, the oldest, and Heth - were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
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Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
16 Canaan was also the ancestor of 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. The different tribes of the Canaanites spread out,
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the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the clans of the Canaanites dispersed.
19 until the Canaanite borders reached from Sidon southward to Gerar near Gaza, and eastward to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim near 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, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
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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, was the ancestor of all the Hebrews.
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To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.
22 Shem's sons - Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram - were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.
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The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The descendants of Aram were the people of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek.
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The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.
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Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.
25 Eber had two sons: one was named Peleg, because during his time the people of the world were divided; and the other was named 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 The descendants of Joktan were the people of 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 of them were descended from Joktan.
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
30 The land in which they lived extended from Mesha to Sephar in the eastern hill country.
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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, living in their different tribes and countries, each group speaking its own language.
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These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.
32 All these peoples are the descendants of Noah, nation by nation, according to their different lines of descent. After the flood all the nations of the earth were descended from the sons of Noah.
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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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.