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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1These are the records of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom descendants were born after the flood. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Japheth's descendants included Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Gomer's descendants included Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Javan's descendants included Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5from whom the coastal peoples spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Ham's descendants included Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Cush's descendants included Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's descendants included Sheba and Dedan. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Cush fathered Nimrod, who became the first fearless leader throughout the land. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9He became a fearless hunter in defiance of the LORD. That is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a fearless hunter in defiance of the LORD." |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11From there he went north to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12along with Resen, which was located between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Egypt fathered the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from which came the Philistines), and the Caphtorites. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, along with the Hittites, |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later, the Canaanite families were widely scattered. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The Canaanite border extended south from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20These are Ham's descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had descendants. Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Shem's sons included Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Aram's descendants included Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Arpachshad fathered Cainan, Cainan fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25To Eber were born two sons. One was named Peleg, because the earth was divided during his lifetime. His brother was named Joktan. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Obal, Abimael, Sheba, |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan's descendants. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Their settlements extended from Mesha towards Sephar, the eastern hill country. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31These are Shem's descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32These are the families of Noah's sons, according to their records, by their nations. From these people, the nations on the earth spread out after the flood. |
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