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10:1  This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
10:2  The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
10:3  The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
10:4  The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
10:5  (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
10:6  The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
10:7  The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
10:8  Cush was the father of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth.
10:9  He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; that is why it is said, ‘Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.’
10:10  The first centres of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.
10:11  From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah
10:12  and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah – which is the great city.
10:13  Egypt was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,
10:14  Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.
10:15  Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites,
10:16  Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
10:17  Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
10:18  Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered
10:19  and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon towards Gerar as far as Gaza, and then towards Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.
10:20  These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
10:21  Sons were also born to Shem, whose elder brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
10:22  The sons of Shem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
10:23  The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.
10:24  Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah the father of Eber.
10:25  Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
10:26  Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
10:27  Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
10:28  Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
10:29  Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
10:30  The region where they lived stretched from Mesha towards Sephar, in the eastern hill country.
10:31  These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
10:32  These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.