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These are the generations of the sons of Noe: Sem, Cham, and Japheth: and unto them sons were born after the flood.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Thubal, and Mosoch, and Thiras.
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And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez and Riphath and Thogorma.
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And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cetthim and Dodanim.
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By these were divided the islands of the Gentiles in their lands, every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations.
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And the Sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesram, and Phuth, and Chanaan.
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And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabatacha. The sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan.
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Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.
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And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. Hence came a proverb: Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.
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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.
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Out of that land came forth Assur, and built Ninive, and the streets of the city, and Chale.