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Myles Coverdale Bible
Genesis 10
1 This is the generacion of the childre of Noe, Sem, Ham, and Iaphet, & they begat children after the floude.2 The children of Iaphet are these: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Iauan, Tubal, Mesech and Thyras.3 The childre of Gomer are these: Ascenas, Riphat and Togarma.4 The children of Iauan are these: Elisa, Tharsis, Cithim and Dodanim:5 Of these are deuided the Iles of ye Heithen in their countrees, euery one after his speach, kynred and people.
6 The childre of Ham are these: Thus, Misraim, Phut and Canaan.7 The children of Chus are these: Seba, Heuila Sabtha, Reyma and Sabthecha. The children of Reyma are these: Sheba and Deda.8 Thus also begat Nemrod, which beganne to be mightie in the earth,9 and was a mightie hunter in the sight of the LORDE. Therof commeth the prouerbe: This is a mightie hunter before the LORDE like as Nemrod.10 And the origenall of his kyngdome was Babel, Erech, Acad & Chalne in ye londe of Synear.11 Out of that lode came Assur, and buylded Niniue, and ye stretes of ye cite, and Calah,12 and Ressen betwene Ninyne & Calah: This is a greate cite.13 Mizraim begat Ludim, Enamim, Leabim, Naphtuhim,14 Pathrusim & Casluhim, from whence came the Philistynes and Capthorims.
15 Canaa also begat Zidon his eldest sonne, & Heth,16 Iebusi, Emori, Girgosi,17 Hiui, Arki, Sini,18 Aruadi, Zemari & Hamati: fro whence ye kynreds of ye Cananites are dispersed abrode.19 And ye Coastes of ye Cananites were fro Sido forth thorow Gerar vnto Gasa, tyll thou comest vnto Sodoma, Gomorra, Adama, Zeboim, & vnto Lasa.20 These are the children of Ham in their kynreds, tunges, londes & people.
21 And Sem which is ye father of all the children of Eber, & the elder brother of Iaphet, begat childre also.22 And these are his children: Ela, Assur, Arphachad, Lud & Aram.23 The childre of Aram are these: Vz, Hul, Gether & Mas.24 And Arphachsad begat Sala, and Sala begat Eber.25 Eber begat two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg, because that in his tyme the worlde was deuyded, and his brothers name was Iaketan,26 And Iaketan begat Almodad, Saleph, Hazarmaphet, Iarah,27 Hadoram, Usal, Dikela,28 Obal, Abimael, Seba,29 Ophir, Heuila & Iobab: All these are ye childre of Iaketan.30 And their dwellynge was from Mesa, tyll thou come vnto Sephar a mountayne of ye east.31 These are ye children of Sem in their generacions, tunges, londes and people.32 This is now ye generacion of ye children of Noe in their kynredes & people. Of these were ye people vpon earth spred a brode after ye floude.