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¹ NOW these are the descendants of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and to them were sons born after the flood.² The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Mongolia, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.³ And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphar, and Togarmah.⁴ And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, China, and Doranim.⁵ It was from these that the people were divided into the Islands of the Gentiles and their main lands; every one after his language, after their families, in their nations.

⁶ And the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.⁷ And the sons of Cush: Sheba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Daran.⁸ And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod was a mighty hunter before the LORD.¹⁰ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, Erech, Akhar, and Caliah, in the land of Sinar.¹¹ Out of Sinar went forth the Assyrian and built Nineveh, and the city of Rehoboth, and Calah,¹² And Resen which lies between Nineveh and Calah; the same is a great city.¹³ And Mizraim begot Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim¹⁴ And Pathrusim and Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.

¹⁵ And Canaan begot Sidon, his first-born, and Heth,¹⁶ And the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgasite,¹⁷ And the Havite, the Arkite, the Sinite,¹⁸ And the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.¹⁹ And the border of the Canaanites extended from Sidon, which is at the entrance of Gadar, as far as Gaza; which is at the entrance of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, as far as Lasha.²⁰ These are the sons of Ham, after their families and their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

²¹ To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, even to him were children born.²² The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphakhashar, Lud and Aram.²³ And the children of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.²⁴ And Arphakhashar begot Shalah; and Shalah begot Eber.²⁵ And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brothers name was Joktan.²⁶ And Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,²⁸ Obal, Abimael, and Sheba,²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were sons of Joktan.³⁰ The lands which they inhabited extended from Mesha, which is at the entrance of Sepharvim, a mount in the east.³¹ These are the sons of Shem, after their families, their languages, in their lands, after their nations.³² These are the descendants of the sons of Noah, according to their families, in their nations: and from these the people spread abroad on the earth after the flood.