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The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, ^(F48) Put and Canaan.

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

Cush was the father ^(F49) of Nimrod, who grew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD ; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD ."

The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in ^(F50) Shinar. ^(F51)

From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, ^(F52) Calah

and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, ^(F53) and of the Hittites,

Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,

Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered

and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations. The Semites