Genesis Chapter 10 (NIV)
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The Table of NationsThis is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
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The JaphethitesThe 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, the Kittim and the Rodanim.
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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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The HamitesThe 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 was the father of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior 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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The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in Shinar.
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From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
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and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
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Mizraim was the father ofthe Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
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Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
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Canaan was the father ofSidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
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Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
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Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
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Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.Later the Canaanite clans scattered
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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 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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The SemitesSons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
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The sons of Shem:Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
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The sons of Aram:Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.
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Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,and Shelah the father of Eber.
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Two sons were born to Eber:One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
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Joktan was the father ofAlmodad, 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 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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These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and 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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