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1 These are the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These three had sons after the flood.
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Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of 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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Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, 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, Mizraim, 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 became the father of Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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 Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
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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Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
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and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).
13 The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,
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Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
14 Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete, from whom the Philistines are descended.
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Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), 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 became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
16 Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
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the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,
17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
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the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,
18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. The different tribes of the Canaanites spread out,
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the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
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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The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to 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, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.
21 Shem, the older brother of Japheth, was the ancestor of all the Hebrews.
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To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children 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 became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of 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 was the earth divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
26 The descendants of Joktan were the people of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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Joktan became the father of 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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Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain 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, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after 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 families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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