2The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, #10.3: In 1 Chr 1:6, DiphathRiphath, and Togarmah. 4The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and #10.4: In 1 Chr 1:7, RodanimDodanim. 5From these the people of the coastlands of the nations #10.5: Or separated themselveswere separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. 8Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he #10.8: Lit began to bebecame a mighty one on the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10And the beginning of his kingdom was #10.10: Or BabylonBabel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11From that land he went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, 12and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. 13Mizraim fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

15Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth, 16the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, 17the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, 18the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad. 19The territory of the Canaanite #10.19: Lit wasextended from Sidon #10.19: Lit as you gogoing toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; and #10.19: Lit as you gogoing toward Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.

21Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born. 22The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 23The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. 25Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was #10.25: I.e., divisionPeleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28#10.28: In 1 Chr 1:22, EbalObal, Abimael, Sheba, 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all of these were the sons of Joktan. 30Now their #10.30: Lit dwellingsettlement #10.30: Lit wasextended from Mesha #10.30: Lit as you gogoing toward Sephar, the hill country of the east. 31These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

32These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.

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Genesis 10

1And these [are] births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.

2‘Sons of Japheth [are] Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3And sons of Gomer [are] Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4And sons of Javan [are] Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

6And sons of Ham [are] Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

7And sons of Cush [are] Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah [are] Sheba and Dedan.

8And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;

9he 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.’

10And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

11from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

12and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it [is] the great city.

13And Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,

14and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim,) and the Caphtorim.

15And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

16and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

17and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterwards have the families of the Canaanite been scattered.

19And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, [in] thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; [in] thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.

20These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.

21As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:

22Sons of Shem [are] Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23And sons of Aram [are] Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.

25And to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one [is] Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother's name [is] Joktan.

26And Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

27and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these [are] sons of Joktan;

30and their dwelling is from Mesha, [in] thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east.

31These [are] sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.

32These [are] families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.

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Genesis 10

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