Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 And these [are] births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.
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This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
2 `Sons of Japheth [are] Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
3 And sons of Gomer [are] Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
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The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
4 And sons of Javan [are] Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
5 By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.
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(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
6 And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
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The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
7 And sons of Cush [are] Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah [are] Sheba and Dedan.
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The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
8 And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
9 he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, `As Nimrod the hero [in] hunting before Jehovah.'
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
10 And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
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The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
11 from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,
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From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
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