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¹ Now these are the generations of the sonnes of Noah, Shem, Ham and Iapheth: vnto whom sonnes were borne after the flood.² The sonnes of Iapheth were Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Iauan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.³ And the sonnes of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.⁴ Also the sonnes of Iauan, Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.⁵ Of these were the yles of the Gentiles deuided in their landes, euery man after his tongue, and after their families in their nations.

⁶ Moreouer, ye sonnes of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.⁷ And the sonnes of Cush, Seba and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: also the sonnes of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.⁸ And Cush begate Nimrod, who began to be mightie in the earth.⁹ He was a mightie hunter before the Lord. wherefore it is saide, As Nimrod the mightie hunter before the Lord.¹⁰ And the beginning of his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.¹¹ Out of that land came Asshur, and builded Niniueh, and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah:¹² Resen also betweene Niniueh and Calah: this is a great citie.¹³ And Mizraim begate Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim.¹⁴ Pathrusim also, & Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistims) and Caphtorims.

¹⁵ Also Canaan begat Zidon his first borne, and Heth,¹⁶ And Iebusi, and Emori, and Girgashi,¹⁷ And Hiui, and Arki, and Sini,¹⁸ And Aruadi, and Zemari, and Hamathi: and afterwarde were the families of the Canaanites spred abroade.¹⁹ Then the border of the Canaanites was from Zidon, as thou commest to Gerar vntil Azzah, and as thou goest vnto Sodom, & Gomorah, and Admah, and Zeboijm, euen vnto Lasha.²⁰ These are the sonnes of Ham according to their families, according to their tongues in their countries and in their nations.

²¹ Vnto Shem also the father of all the sonnes of Eber, and elder brother of Iapheth were children borne.²² The sonnes of Shem were Elam and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.²³ And the sonnes of Aram, Vz and Hul, and Gether and Mash.²⁴ Also Arpachshad begate Shelah, and Shelah begate Eber.²⁵ Vnto Eber also were borne two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg: for in his dayes was the earth diuided: and his brothers name was Ioktan.²⁶ Then Ioktan begate Almodad and Sheleph, and Hazarmaueth, and Ierah,²⁷ And Hadoram, and Vzal, and Dicklah,²⁸ And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,²⁹ And Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan.³⁰ And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar a mount of the East.³¹ These are the sonnes of Shem according to their families, according to their tongues, in their countreis and nations.³² These are the families of the sonnes of Noah, after their generations among their people: and out of these were the nations diuided in the earth after the flood.