This is the history of Noah’s sons, Shem,+ Ham, and Ja′pheth. Sons were born to them after the Flood.+ 2 The sons of Ja′pheth were Go′mer,+ Ma′gog,+ Ma′da·i, Ja′van, Tu′bal,+ Me′shech,+ and Ti′ras.+ 3 The sons of Go′mer were Ash′ke·naz,+ Ri′phath, and To·gar′mah.+ 4 The sons of Ja′van were E·li′shah,+ Tar′shish,+ Kit′tim,+ and Do′da·nim. 5 From these the inhabitants of the islands spread into their lands, according to their languages and their families and by their nations. 6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Miz′ra·im,+ Put,+ and Ca′naan.+ 7 The sons of Cush were Se′ba,+ Hav′i·lah, Sab′tah, Ra′a·mah,+ and Sab′te·ca. The sons of Ra′a·mah were She′ba and De′dan. 8 Cush became father to Nim′rod. He was the first to become a mighty one on the earth. 9 He became a mighty hunter in opposition to Jehovah. That is why there is a saying: “Just like Nim′rod, a mighty hunter in opposition to Jehovah.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was* Ba′bel,+ E′rech,+ Ac′cad, and Cal′neh, in the land of Shi′nar.+ 11 From that land he went into As·syr′i·a+ and built Nin′e·veh,+ Re·ho′both-Ir, Ca′lah, 12 and Re′sen, between Nin′e·veh and Ca′lah: This is the great city.* 13 Miz′ra·im became father to Lu′dim,+ An′a·mim, Le·ha′bim, Naph·tu′him,+ 14 Path·ru′sim,+ Cas·lu′him (from whom the Phi·lis′tines+ came), and Caph′to·rim.+ 15 Ca′naan became father to Si′don,+ his firstborn, and Heth,+ 16 as well as the Jeb′u·site,+ the Am′or·ite,+ the Gir′ga·shite, 17 the Hi′vite,+ the Ark′ite, the Si′nite, 18 the Ar′vad·ite,+ the Zem′a·rite, and the Ha′math·ite.+ Afterward, the families of the Ca′naan·ites were scattered. 19 So the boundary of the Ca′naan·ites was from Si′don as far as Ge′rar,+ near Gaz′a,+ as far as Sod′om, Go·mor′rah,+ Ad′mah, and Ze·boi′im,+ near La′sha. 20 These were the sons of Ham according to their families and their languages, by their lands and their nations. 21 Children were also born to Shem, the forefather of all the sons of E′ber+ and the brother of Ja′pheth the oldest.* 22 The sons of Shem were E′lam,+ As′shur,+ Ar·pach′shad,+ Lud, and A′ram.+ 23 The sons of A′ram were Uz, Hul, Ge′ther, and Mash. 24 Ar·pach′shad became father to She′lah,+ and She′lah became father to E′ber. 25 Two sons were born to E′ber. The name of the one was Pe′leg,*+ because in his lifetime the earth* was divided. The name of his brother was Jok′tan.+ 26 Jok′tan became father to Al·mo′dad, She′leph, Ha·zar·ma′veth, Je′rah,+ 27 Ha·do′ram, U′zal, Dik′lah, 28 O′bal, A·bim′a·el, She′ba, 29 O′phir,+ Hav′i·lah, and Jo′bab; all of these were the sons of Jok′tan. 30 Their place of dwelling extended from Me′sha as far as Se′phar, the mountainous region of the East. 31 These were the sons of Shem according to their families and their languages, by their lands and their nations.+ 32 These were the families of the sons of Noah according to their family lines and by their nations. From these the nations were spread abroad in the earth after the Flood.+
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