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Genesis 10

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Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

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The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

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The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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Cush became the father of Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

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The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

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and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city).

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Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

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Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

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Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

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the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,

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the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,

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the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

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The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.

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These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations.

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To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.

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The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

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The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

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Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.

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To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided. His brother`s name was Joktan.

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Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

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Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

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Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

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Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.

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These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.

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These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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Genesis

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