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1 This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
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These [are] the generations of the sons of Noah--Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Children were born to them after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
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And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
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And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
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From these the coastland peoples spread out through their lands, each according to his own language by their own families, in their nations.
6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
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And the sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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And the sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
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And Cush fathered Nimrod. {He was the first on earth to be a mighty warrior}.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
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He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it was said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
10 The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
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Now, the beginning of his kingdom [was] Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
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From that land he went out [to] Assyria, and he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
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Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that [is] the great city.
13 Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
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And Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
14 Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
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Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.
15 Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
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Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
16 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
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and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
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the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
18 Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered
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the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
19 and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
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And the territory of the Canaanites [was] 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 sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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These [are] the descendants of Ham, according to their families and their languages, in their lands, and in their nations.
21 Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
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And to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, [children] were also born.
22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
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The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.
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And the sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah the father of Eber.
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And Arphaxad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
25 Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
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And to Eber two sons were born. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother [was] Joktan.
26 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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And 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 these were sons of Joktan.
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these [were] the sons of Joktan.
30 The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
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And their dwelling [place] {extended from} Mesha {in the direction of} Sephar [to] the hill country of the east.
31 These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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These [are] the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, and according to their nations.
32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
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These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations [and] in their nations. And from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.
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