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and the dove hath not found rest for the sole of her foot, and she turneth back unto him, unto the ark, for waters [are] on the face of all the earth, and he putteth out his hand, and taketh her, and bringeth her in unto him, unto the ark.

And Noah goeth out, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him;

and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;

And God blesseth Noah, and his sons, and saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;

whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.

And God speaketh unto Noah, and unto his sons with him, saying,

And Ham, father of Canaan, seeth the nakedness of his father, and declareth to his two brethren without.

And Noah awaketh from his wine, and knoweth that which his young son hath done to him,

and saith: `Cursed [is] Canaan, Servant of servants he is to his brethren.'

By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;

And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

And to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one [is] Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother's name [is] Joktan.

and they say each one to his neighbour, `Give help, let us make bricks, and burn [them] thoroughly:' and the brick is to them for stone, and the bitumen hath been to them for mortar.

Give help, let us go down, and mingle there their pronunciation, so that a man doth not understand the pronunciation of his companion.'

And Shem liveth after his begetting Arphaxad five hundred years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

And Arphaxad liveth after his begetting Salah four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

And Salah liveth after his begetting Eber four hundred and three years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

And Peleg liveth after his begetting Reu two hundred and nine years, and begetteth sons and daughters.