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Descendants of Noah

¹ Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.

^2 (C1)The sons of Japheth were ^(C2)Gomer and Magog and ^(C3)Madai and ^(C4)Javan and Tubal and ^(C5)Meshech and Tiras.³ The sons of Gomer were ^(C1)Ashkenaz and ^(F1)Riphath and ^(C2)Togarmah.⁴ The sons of Javan were Elishah and ^(C1)Tarshish, Kittim and ^(F1)Dodanim.⁵ From these the coastlands of the nations ^(F1)were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

^6 (C1)The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.⁷ The sons of Cush were ^(C1)Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and ^(C2)Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were ^(C2)Sheba and ^(C3)Dedan.⁸ Now Cush ^(F1)became the father of Nimrod; he ^(F2)became a mighty one on the earth.⁹ He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD."¹⁰ The beginning of his kingdom was ^(F1)(C1)Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of ^(C2)Shinar.¹¹ From that land he went forth ^(C1)into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.¹³ Mizraim ^(F1)became the father of ^(C1)Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim¹⁴ and ^(C1)Pathrusim and Casluhim (from which came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.

¹⁵ Canaan ^(F1)became the father of ^(C1)Sidon, his firstborn, and ^(C2)Heth¹⁶ and ^(C1)the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite¹⁷ and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite¹⁸ and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.^19 (C1)The territory of the Canaanite ^(F1)extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward ^(C2)Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.²⁰ These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations.

²¹ Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the ^(F1)older brother of Japheth, children were born.^22 (C1)The sons of Shem were ^(C2)Elam and Asshur and ^(C3)Arpachshad and ^(C4)Lud and Aram.²³ The sons of Aram were ^(C1)Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.²⁴ Arpachshad ^(F1)became the father of ^(C1)Shelah; and Shelah ^(F1)became the father of Eber.^25 (C1)Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was ^(F1)Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.²⁶ Joktan ^(F1)became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah²⁷ and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah²⁸ and ^(F1)Obal and Abimael and Sheba²⁹ and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.³⁰ Now their ^(F1)settlement ^(F2)extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.³¹ These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, according to their nations.

³² These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and ^(C1)out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.