Genesis:10
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Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah :
Shem ,
Ham ,
and Japheth .
And sons were born to them after the flood .
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The sons of Japheth were Gomer ,
Magog ,
Madai ,
Javan ,
Tubal ,
Meshech ,
and Tiras .
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The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz ,
Riphath ,
and Togarmah .
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The sons of Javan were Elishah ,
Tarshish ,
Kittim ,
and Dodanim .
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From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands ,
everyone according to his language ,
according to their families ,
into their nations .
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The sons of Ham were Cush ,
Mizraim ,
Put ,
and Canaan .
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The sons of Cush were Seba ,
Havilah ,
Sabtah ,
Raamah ,
and Sabtechah ;
and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan .
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Cush begot Nimrod ;
he began to be a mighty one on the earth .
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD ;
therefore it is said , "
Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD ."
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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel ,
Erech ,
Accad ,
and Calneh ,
in the land of Shinar .
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From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh ,
Rehoboth Ir ,
Calah ,
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and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (
that is the principal city ).
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Mizraim begot Ludim ,
Anamim ,
Lehabim ,
Naphtuhim ,
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Pathrusim ,
and Casluhim (
from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim ).
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Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn ,
and Heth ;
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the Jebusite ,
the Amorite ,
and the Girgashite ;
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the Hivite ,
the Arkite ,
and the Sinite ;
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the Arvadite ,
the Zemarite ,
and the Hamathite .
Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed .
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And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar ,
as far as Gaza ;
then as you go toward Sodom ,
Gomorrah ,
Admah ,
and Zeboiim ,
as far as Lasha .
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These were the sons of Ham ,
according to their families ,
according to their languages ,
in their lands and in their nations .
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And children were born also to Shem ,
the father of all the children of Eber ,
the brother of Japheth the elder .
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The sons of Shem were Elam ,
Asshur ,
Arphaxad ,
Lud ,
and Aram .
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The sons of Aram were Uz ,
Hul ,
Gether ,
and Mash .
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Arphaxad begot Salah ,
and Salah begot Eber .
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To Eber were born two sons :
the name of one was Peleg ,
for in his days the earth was divided ;
and his brother '
s name was Joktan .
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Joktan begot 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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And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar ,
the mountain of the east .
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These were the sons of Shem ,
according to their families ,
according to their languages ,
in their lands ,
according to their nations .
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These were the families of the sons of Noah ,
according to their generations ,
in their nations ;
and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood .