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1 This is the account of the families of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons of Noah. Many children were born to them after the great flood.
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This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons. "God Turned Their Language into 'Babble'"
2 The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras.
3 The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah.
4 The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
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The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, Rodanim.
5 Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.
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The seafaring peoples developed from these, each in its own place by family, each with its own language.
6 The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, Canaan.
7 The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
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The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba, Dedan.
8 Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
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Cush also had Nimrod. He was the first great warrior on Earth.
9 Since he was the greatest hunter in the world, his name became proverbial. People would say, “This man is like Nimrod, the greatest hunter in the world.”
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He was a great hunter before God. There was a saying, "Like Nimrod, a great hunter before God."
10 He built his kingdom in the land of Babylonia, with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
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His kingdom got its start with Babel; then Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the country of Shinar.
11 From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
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From there he went up to Asshur and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
12 and Resen (the great city located between Nineveh and Calah).
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and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
13 Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
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Egypt was ancestor to the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim,
14 Pathrusites, Casluhites, and the Caphtorites, from whom the Philistines came.
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the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (the origin of the Philistines), and the Kaphtorim.
15 Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites,
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Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth,
16 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
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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. The Canaanite clans eventually spread out,
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the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out,
19 and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
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going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.
20 These were the descendants of Ham, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.
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These are the descendants of Ham by family, language, country, and nation.
21 Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
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Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was ancestor to all the children of Eber.
22 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
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The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
23 The descendants of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
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The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, Meshech.
24 Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.
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Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had Eber.
25 Eber had two sons. The first was named Peleg (which means “division”), for during his lifetime the people of the world were divided into different language groups. His brother’s name was Joktan.
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Eber had two sons, Peleg (so named because in his days the human race divided) and Joktan.
26 Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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Joktan had 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 descendants of Joktan.
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab - all sons of Joktan.
30 The territory they occupied extended from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern mountains.
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Their land goes from Mesha toward Sephar as far as the mountain ranges in the east.
31 These were the descendants of Shem, identified by clan, language, territory, and national identity.
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These are the descendants of Shem by family, language, country, and nation.
32 These are the clans that descended from Noah’s sons, arranged by nation according to their lines of descent. All the nations of the earth descended from these clans after the great flood.
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This is the family tree of the sons of Noah as they developed into nations. From them nations developed all across the Earth after the flood.
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