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5 From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families.
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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 Ham's descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
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The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
7 Cush's descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's descendants were 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 Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth.
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Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter whom the LORD blessed. That's why people used to say, "[He's] like Nimrod, a mighty hunter whom the LORD blessed."
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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 The first [cities] in his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh in Shinar [Babylonia].
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The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
11 He went from that land to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
12 and Resen, the great city between Nineveh and Calah.
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and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.
13 Egypt was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
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Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
14 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.
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Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
15 Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, then Heth,
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Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
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