Genesis Chapter 10
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,
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and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
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And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
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And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.
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And the sons of Noah, that went forth from the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
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These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth overspread.
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And Noah began to be a husbandman, and planted a vineyard:
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and he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
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And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
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And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done unto him.
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And he said,
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Cursed be Canaan;
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A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
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And he said,
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Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem;
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And let Canaan be his servant.
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God enlarge Japheth,
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And let him dwell in the tents of Shem;
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And let Canaan be his servant.
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And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
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And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
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Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah,
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namely, of Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
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And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
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And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
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And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
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And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and to them were sons born after the flood.
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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
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And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
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And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
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And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth.
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He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the mighty hunter before Jehovah!
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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah,
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and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah: this is the great city.
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— And Mizraim begot the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,
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and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, out of whom came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim.
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— And Canaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,
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and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
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and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
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and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. And afterwards the families of the Canaanites spread themselves abroad.
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And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as one goes to Gerar, up to Gazah; as one goes to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, up to Lesha.
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These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
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And to Shem — to him also were [sons] born; he is the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
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The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
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And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
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— And Arphaxad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber.
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And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
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And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
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and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
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and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
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and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were sons of Joktan.
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And their dwelling was from Mesha, as one goes to Sephar, the eastern mountain.
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These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
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These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. And from these came the distribution of the nations on the earth after the flood.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth; and sons were born to them after the flood.
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The sons of Japheth, Gamer, and Magog, and Madoi, and Jovan, and Elisa, and Thobel, and Mosoch, and Thiras.
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And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama.
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And the sons of Jovan, Elisa, and Tharseis, Cetians, Rhodians.
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From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.
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And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesrain, Phud, and Chanaan.
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And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and Sabatha, and Rhegma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Rhegma, Saba, and Dadan.
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And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a giant upon the earth.
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He was a giant hunter before the Lord God; therefore they say, As Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord.
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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Orech, and Archad, and Chalanne, in the land of Senaar.
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Out of that land came Assur, and built Ninevi, and the city Rhooboth, and Chalach,
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and Dase between Ninevi and Chalach: this is the great city.
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And Mesrain begot the Ludiim, and the Nephthalim, and the Enemetiim, and the Labiim,
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and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasmoniim (whence came forth Phylistiim) and the Gaphthoriim.
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And Chanaan begot Sidon his first-born, and the Chettite,
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and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
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and the Evite, and the Arukite, and the Asennite,
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and the Aradian, and the Samarean, and the Amathite; and after this the tribes of the Chananites were dispersed.
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And the boundaries of the Chananites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerara and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, as far as Dasa.
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These [were] the sons of Cham in their tribes according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
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And to Sem himself also were children born, the father of all the sons of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder.
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Sons of Sem, Elam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Cainan.
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And sons of Aram, Uz, and Ul, and Gater, and Mosoch.
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And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala. And Sala begot Heber.
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And to Heber were born two sons, the name of the one, Phaleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Jektan.
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And Jektan begot Elmodad, and Saleth, and Sarmoth, and Jarach,
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and Odorrha, and Aibel, and Decla,
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and Eval, and Abimael, and Saba,
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and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan.
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And their dwelling was from Masse, till one comes to Saphera, a mountain of the east.
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These were the sons of Sem in their tribes, according to their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
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These are the tribes of the sons of Noe, according to their generations, according to their nations: of them were the islands of the Gentiles scattered over the earth after the flood.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Hæ sunt generationes filiorum Noe, Sem, Cham, et Iapheth: natique sunt eis filii post diluvium.
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Filii Iapheth: Gomer, et Magog, et Madai, et Iavan, et Thubal, et Mosoch, et Thiras.
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Porro filii Gomer: Ascenez et Riphath et Thogorma.
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Filii autem Iavan: Elisa et Tharsis, Cetthim et Dodanim.
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Ab his divisæ sunt insulæ gentium in regionibus suis, unusquisque secundum linguam suam et familias suas in nationibus suis.
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Filii autem Cham: Chus, et Mesraim, et Phuth, et Chanaan.
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Filii Chus: Saba, et Hevila, et Sabatha, et Regma, et Sabatacha. Filii Regma: Saba, et Dadan.
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Porro Chus genuit Nemrod: ipse cœpit esse potens in terra,
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et erat robustus venator coram Domino. Ob hoc exivit proverbium: Quasi Nemrod robustus venator coram Domino.
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Fuit autem principium regni eius Babylon, et Arach, et Achad, et Chalanne, in terra Sennaar.
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De terra illa egressus est Assur, et ædificavit Niniven, et plateas civitatis, et Chale.
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Resen quoque inter Niniven et Chale: hæc est civitas magna.
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At vero Mesraim genuit Ludim, et Anamim, et Laabim, Nephthuim,
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et Phetrusim, et Chasluim: de quibus egressi sunt Philisthiim et Caphtorim.
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Chanaan autem genuit Sidonem primogenitum suum, Hethæum,
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et Iebusæum, et Amorrhæum, Gergesæum,
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Hevæum, et Aracæum: Sinæum,
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et Aradium, Samaræum et Amathæum: et posthæc disseminati sunt populi Chananæorum.
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Factique sunt termini Chanaan venientibus a Sidone Geraram usque Gazam, donec ingrediaris Sodomam et Gomorrham, et Adamam, et Seboim usque Lesa.
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Hi sunt filii Cham in cognationibus, et linguis, et generationibus, terrisque et gentibus suis.
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De Sem quoque nati sunt, patre omnium filiorum Heber, fratre Iapheth maiore.
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Filii Sem: Ælam et Assur, et Arphaxad, et Lud, et Aram.
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Filii Aram: Us, et Hul, et Gether, et Mes.
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At vero Arphaxad genuit Sale, de quo ortus est Heber.
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Natique sunt Heber filii duo: nomen uni Phaleg, eo quod in diebus eius divisa sit terra: et nomen fratris eius Iectan.
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Qui Iectan genuit Elmodad, et Saleph, et Asarmoth, Iare,
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et Aduram, et Uzal, et Decla,
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et Ebal, et Abimael, Saba,
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et Ophir, et Hevila, et Iobab. omnes isti, filii Iectan.
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Et facta est habitatio eorum de Messa pergentibus usque Sephar montem orientalem.
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Isti filii Sem secundum cognationes et linguas, et regiones in gentibus suis.
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Hæ familiæ Noe iuxta populos et nationes suas. Ab his divisæ sunt gentes in terra post diluvium.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
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The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
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The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.
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Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.
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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD”.
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The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
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Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
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and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
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Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
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Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.
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Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,
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the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
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the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
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the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
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The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha.
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These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
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Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
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The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
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The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
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Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
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To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.
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Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
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Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
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Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
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These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
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These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the earth after the flood.
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And these <FI>are<Fi> births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge.
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`Sons of Japheth <FI>are<Fi> Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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And sons of Gomer <FI>are<Fi> Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
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And sons of Javan <FI>are<Fi> Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.
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And sons of Ham <FI>are<Fi> Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
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And sons of Cush <FI>are<Fi> Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah <FI>are<Fi> Sheba and Dedan.
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And Cush hath begotten Nimrod;
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he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, `As Nimrod the hero <FI>in<Fi> hunting before Jehovah.'
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And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar;
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from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,
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and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah; it <FI>is<Fi> the great city.
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And Mitzraim hath begotten the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim,
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and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, (whence have come out Philistim,) and the Caphtorim.
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And Canaan hath begotten Sidon his first-born, and Heth,
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and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
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and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
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and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite; and afterwards have the families of the Canaanite been scattered.
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And the border of the Canaanite is from Sidon, <FI>in<Fi> thy coming towards Gerar, unto Gaza; <FI>in<Fi> thy coming towards Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, unto Lasha.
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These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
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As to Shem, father of all sons of Eber, brother of Japheth the elder, he hath also begotten:
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Sons of Shem <FI>are<Fi> Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
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And sons of Aram <FI>are<Fi> Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
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And Arphaxad hath begotten Salah, and Salah hath begotten Eber.
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And to Eber have two sons been born; the name of the one <FI>is<Fi> Peleg (for in his days hath the earth been divided,) and his brother's name <FI>is<Fi> Joktan.
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And Joktan hath begotten Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
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and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
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and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
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and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Joktan;
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and their dwelling is from Mesha, <FI>in<Fi> thy coming towards Sephar, a mount of the east.
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These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Shem, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, by their nations.
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These <FI>are<Fi> families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).