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Descendants of Noah

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

^2 (C1)The sons of Japheth were ^(C2)Gomer, Magog, ^(C3)Madai, ^(C4)Javan, Tubal, ^(C5)Meshech, and Tiras.³ The sons of Gomer were ^(C1)Ashkenaz, ^(F1)Riphath, and ^(C2)Togarmah.⁴ The sons of Javan were Elishah, ^(C1)Tarshish, Kittim, and ^(F1)Dodanim.⁵ From these the people of 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, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.⁷ The sons of Cush were ^(C1)Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, ^(C2)Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were ^(C2)Sheba and ^(C3)Dedan.⁸ Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he ^(F1)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 And the beginning of his kingdom was ^(F1)(C1)Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of ^(C2)Shinar.¹¹ From that land he went ^(C1)to Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,¹² and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.¹³ Mizraim fathered ^(C1)Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,^14 (C1)Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

¹⁵ Canaan fathered ^(C1)Sidon, his firstborn, and ^(C2)Heth,^16 (C1)the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,¹⁷ the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite,¹⁸ the Arvadite, 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 ^(F2)going toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; and ^(F2)going toward ^(C2)Sodom and Gomorrah, 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, and by their nations.

²¹ Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.^22 (C1)The sons of Shem were ^(C2)Elam, Asshur, ^(C3)Arpachshad, ^(C4)Lud, and Aram.²³ The sons of Aram were ^(C1)Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.²⁴ Arpachshad fathered ^(C1)Shelah; and Shelah fathered 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 fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,²⁷ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,^28 (F1)Obal, Abimael, Sheba,²⁹ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all of these were the sons of Joktan.³⁰ Now their ^(F1)settlement ^(F2)extended from Mesha ^(F3)going 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, and according to their nations.

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