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The Table of Nations

This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.

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Nations Descended from Noah

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 Japhethites

The sonsa of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.

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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:
Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.

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The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, [a]Riphath, and Togarmah.

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The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.b

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The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and [b]Dodanim.

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(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)

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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 Hamites

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

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The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, [c]Put, and Canaan.

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

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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 was the fatherc of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.

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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; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”

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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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The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, ind Shinar.e

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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, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir,f Calah

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From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

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and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah — which is the great city.

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and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).

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Egypt was the father of
the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

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Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

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Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

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Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim).

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Canaan was the father of
Sidon his firstborn,g and of the Hittites,

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Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth;

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Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

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the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite;

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Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

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the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite;

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Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.
Later the Canaanite clans scattered

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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 borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.

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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 are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

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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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The Semites

Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother wash Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.

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And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, [d]the brother of Japheth the elder.

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The sons of Shem:
Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

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The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

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The sons of Aram:
Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.i

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The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and [e]Mash.

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Arphaxad was the father ofj Shelah,
and Shelah the father of Eber.

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[f]Arphaxad begot Salah, and Salah begot Eber.

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Two sons were born to Eber:
One was named Peleg,k because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

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To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was [g]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

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

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Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

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Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

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Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

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Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

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[h]Obal, Abimael, Sheba,

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

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

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The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.

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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 are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

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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 are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.

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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.

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