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¹ These are the generations of the sonnes of Noah, Sem, Ham, and Iapheth: and vnto them were chyldren borne after the fludde.² The children of Iapheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Iauan, and Thubal, Mesech, and Thiras.³ The children of Gomer: Askenas, and Ripath, and Thogarma.⁴ The children of Iauan: Elisa, & Tharsis, Kitthim, and Donanim.⁵ Of these were the Iles of the gentiles deuided in their landes, euery one after his tongue, and after his kinrede, in their nations.

⁶ The children of Ham, Chus: and Mizraim, and Phut, and Chanaan.⁷ And the children of Chus: Seba, and Hauilah, and Sabthah, and Raamah, and Sabtheca.⁸ The children of Raamah: Seba, and Dedan, Chus also begat Nimrod.⁹ The same began to be mightie in the earth, for he was a mightie hunter before the Lorde: Wherfore it is sayde, Euen as Nimrod the mightie hunter before the Lorde.¹⁰ The begynnyng of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, & Arab, and Calueh, in the lande of Sinar.¹¹ Out of that lande came Assur, and builded Niniue, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah,¹² Resen also betweene Niniue & Chalah, and it is a great citie.¹³ Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Nephthuim,¹⁴ Pathrusim also, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philisthiim) & Capthorim.

¹⁵ Chanaan begat Sidon his first borne sonne, and Heth,¹⁶ And Iebusi, and Emori, and Girgasi,¹⁷ And Hiui also, and Arki, and Sini,¹⁸ And Aruadi, and Semari, and Hamathi: and afterwarde were the kinredes of the Chanaanites spread abrode.¹⁹ The border of the Chanaanites was from Sidon as thou commest to Gerar vnto Azah, and as thou goest vnto Sodoma and Gomorra, and Adama, and Seboim, euen vnto Lesa.²⁰ These are the children of Ham in their kinredes, in their tongues, countreys, and in their nations.

²¹ Unto Sem also the father of all the children of Heber, and elder brother of Iapheth, there were chyldren borne.²² The chyldren of Sem: Elam, and Assur, Arpharad, and Lud, and Aram.²³ The chyldren of Aram: Us, and Hul, Gether, and Mas.²⁴ Arphaxad begat Selah, and Selah begat Heber.²⁵ Unto Heber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his dayes was the earth deuided, and his brothers name was Iactan.²⁶ Iactan begat Almodad, and Saleph, Hazarmaueth, and Ierah,²⁷ And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Dicla,²⁸ Obal also, and Abimael, and Seba,²⁹ And Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab, all these were the chyldren of Iactan.³⁰ And their dwelling was from Mesa, as thou goest vnto Sapher, a mount of the east.³¹ These are the chyldren of Sem after their kinredes and tongues, in their landes and nations.³² And so these are the kinredes of the chyldren of Noah after their generations in their peoples: and of these were the nations deuided in the earth after the flood.