Genesis:10
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These are the generations of the sons of Noah ,
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 :
Ash '
kenaz ,
Riphath ,
and Togar '
mah .
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The sons of Javan :
Eli '
shah ,
Tarshish ,
Kittim ,
and Do '
danim .
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From these the coastland peoples spread .
These are the sons of Japheth in their lands ,
each with his own language ,
by their families ,
in their nations .
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The sons of Ham :
Cush ,
Egypt ,
Put ,
and Canaan .
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The sons of Cush :
Seba ,
Hav '
ilah ,
Sabtah ,
Ra '
amah ,
and Sab '
teca .
The sons of Ra '
amah :
Sheba and Dedan .
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Cush became the father of Nimrod ;
he was the first on earth to be a mighty man .
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD ;
therefore it is said , "
Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD ."
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The beginning of his kingdom was Ba '
bel ,
Erech ,
and Accad ,
all of them in the land of Shinar .
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From that land he went into Assyria ,
and built Nin '
eveh ,
Reho '
both-Ir ,
Calah ,
and
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Resen between Nin '
eveh and Calah ;
that is the great city .
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Egypt became the father of Ludim ,
An '
amim ,
Leha '
bim ,
Naph-tu '
him ,
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Pathru '
sim ,
Caslu '
him (
whence came the Philistines ),
and Caph '
torim .
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Canaan became the father of Sidon his first-born ,
and Heth ,
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and the Jeb '
usites ,
the Amorites ,
the Gir '
gashites ,
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the Hivites ,
the Arkites ,
the Sinites ,
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the Ar '
vadites ,
the Zem '
arites ,
and the Ha '
mathites .
Afterward the families of the Canaanites spread abroad .
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And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon ,
in the direction of Gerar ,
as far as Gaza ,
and in the direction of Sodom ,
Gomor '
rah ,
Admah ,
and Zeboi '
im ,
as far as Lasha .
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These are the sons of Ham ,
by their families ,
their languages ,
their lands ,
and their nations .
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To Shem also ,
the father of all the children of Eber ,
the elder brother of Japheth ,
children were born .
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The sons of Shem :
Elam ,
Asshur ,
Arpach '
shad ,
Lud ,
and Aram .
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The sons of Aram :
Uz ,
Hul ,
Gether ,
and Mash .
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Arpach '
shad became the father of Shelah ;
and 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 the earth was divided ,
and his brother '
s name was Joktan .
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Joktan became the father of Almo '
dad ,
Sheleph ,
Hazarma '
veth ,
Jerah ,
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Hador '
am ,
Uzal ,
Diklah ,
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Obal ,
Abim '
a-el ,
Sheba ,
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Ophir ,
Hav '
ilah ,
and Jobab ;
all these were the sons of Joktan .
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The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east .
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These are the sons of Shem ,
by their families ,
their languages ,
their lands ,
and their nations .
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These are the families of the sons of Noah ,
according to their genealogies ,
in their nations ;
and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood .