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Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.

^(a)The sons of Japheth were ^(b)Gomer and Magog and ^(c)Madai and ^(d)Javan and Tubal and ^(e)Meshech and Tiras.

The sons of Gomer were ^(f)Ashkenaz and ^[a]Riphath and ^(g)Togarmah.

The sons of Javan were Elishah and ^(h)Tarshish, Kittim and ^[b]Dodanim.

From these the coastlands of the nations ^[c]were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

⁽ⁱ⁾The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

The sons of Cush were ^(j)Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and ^(k)Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were ^(l)Sheba and ^(m)Dedan.

Now Cush ^[d]became the father of Nimrod; he ^[e]became a mighty one on the earth.

He was a mighty hunter before the Lord ; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord ."

The beginning of his kingdom was ^[f](n)Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of ^(o)Shinar.

From that land he went forth ^(p)into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,

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

Mizraim ^[g]became the father of ^(q)Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim

and ^(r)Pathrusim and Casluhim (from which came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.

Canaan ^[h]became the father of ^(s)Sidon, his firstborn, and ^(t)Heth

and ^(u)the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite

and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite

and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad.

^(v)The territory of the Canaanite ^[i]extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward ^(w)Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations.

Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the ^[j]older brother of Japheth, children were born.

^(x)The sons of Shem were ^(y)Elam and Asshur and ^(z)Arpachshad and ^(aa)Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram were ^(ab)Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.

Arpachshad ^[k]became the father of ^(ac)Shelah; and Shelah ^[l]became the father of Eber.

^(ad)Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was ^[m]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Joktan ^[n]became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah

and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah

and ^[o]Obal and Abimael and Sheba

and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

Now their ^[p]settlement ^[q]extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.

These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, according to their nations.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and ^(ae)out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.