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the children of God sawe the doughters of men, that they were fayre, and toke vnto the wyues soch as they liked.

There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men, and begotten them children, ye same (children) became mightie in the worlde, and men of renowne.

This is the generacion of the childre of Noe, Sem, Ham, and Iaphet, & they begat children after the floude.

The children of Iaphet are these: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Iauan, Tubal, Mesech and Thyras.

The children of Iauan are these: Elisa, Tharsis, Cithim and Dodanim:

The children of Chus are these: Seba, Heuila Sabtha, Reyma and Sabthecha. The children of Reyma are these: Sheba and Deda.

These are the children of Ham in their kynreds, tunges, londes & people.

And Sem which is ye father of all the children of Eber, & the elder brother of Iaphet, begat childre also.

And these are his children: Ela, Assur, Arphachad, Lud & Aram.

These are ye children of Sem in their generacions, tunges, londes and people.

This is now ye generacion of ye children of Noe in their kynredes & people. Of these were ye people vpon earth spred a brode after ye floude.

Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: but she had an handmayde an Egipcian, whose name was Agar,

Than toke Abraham his sonne Ismael, and all the seruauntes borne in his house, and all that were bought, (as many as were men children in his house,) and circumcyded the foreskynne of their flesh, euen the same daye, as God had sayde vnto him.

For I knewe him that he wil comaunde his children and his housholde after him, to kepe the waye of ye LORDE, and to do after right and conscience, that the LORDE maye bringe vpo Abraham what he hath promised him.

And ye yonger bare a sonne also, and called him the sonne Ammi, of whom come the children of Ammon vnto this daye.

She sayde morouer: Who wolde haue saide vnto Abraham, that Sara shulde geue children sucke, and beare him a sonne in his olde age?

Therfore sweare now vnto me by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, ner my children, ner my childers children: but that thou shalt shewe vnto me (and to the londe wherin thou art a straunger) the same kyndnesse that I haue done vnto the.

After these actes it fortuned, that it was tolde Abraham: Beholde, Milca hath borne children also vnto thy brother Nahor:

Iaksan begat Seba and Dedan. The children of Dedan were Assurim, Latusim, and Leumim.

The children of Midian were Epha, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaa. All these are the children of Ketura.