Genesis 10

Genesis 10

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Verse 1
This is the family tree of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. After the flood, they themselves had sons.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Verse 2
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, Tiras.

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

Verse 3
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, Togarmah.

And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

Verse 4
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, Rodanim. The seafaring peoples developed from these, each in its own place by family, each with its own language.

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Verse 5
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By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Verse 6
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, Canaan.

And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

Verse 7
The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabteca.

The sons of Raamah: Sheba, Dedan.

And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

Verse 8
Cush also had Nimrod. He was the first great warrior on Earth. He was a great hunter before God. There was a saying, “Like Nimrod, a great hunter before God.” His kingdom got its start with Babel; then Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the country of Shinar. From there he went up to Asshur and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

Verse 9
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He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

Verse 10
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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Verse 11
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Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

Verse 12
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And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city.

Verse 13
Egypt was ancestor to the Ludim, the Anamim, the Lehabim, the Naphtuhim, the Pathrusim, the Casluhim (the origin of the Philistines), and the Kaphtorim.

And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

Verse 14
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And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

Verse 15
Canaan had Sidon his firstborn, Heth, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread out, going from Sidon toward Gerar, as far south as Gaza, and then east all the way over to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and on to Lasha.

And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,

Verse 16
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And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

Verse 17
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And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

Verse 18
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And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

Verse 19
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And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

Verse 20
These are the descendants of Ham by family, language, country, and nation.

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

Verse 21
Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was ancestor to all the children of Eber.

Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Verse 22
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Verse 23
The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, Meshech.

And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Verse 24
Arphaxad had Shelah and Shelah had Eber. Eber had two sons, Peleg (so named because in his days the human race divided) and Joktan.

And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

Verse 25
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And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.

Verse 26
Joktan had Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab—all sons of Joktan. Their land goes from Mesha toward Sephar as far as the mountain ranges in the east.

And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

Verse 27
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And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

Verse 28
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And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

Verse 29
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And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

Verse 30
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And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

Verse 31
These are the descendants of Shem by family, language, country, and nation.

These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Verse 32
This is the family tree of the sons of Noah as they developed into nations. From them nations developed all across the Earth after the flood.

These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.