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Genesis
Chapter 10
KJV · Textus Receptus
Now these are thegenerations of thesons ofNoah,Shem,Ham, andJapheth: and unto them weresonsbornafter the flood.
2 Thesons ofJapheth;Gomer, andMagog, andMadai, andJavan, andTubal, andMeshech, and Tiras.
3 And thesons ofGomer;Ashkenaz, andRiphath, and Togarmah.
4 And thesons ofJavan;Elishah, andTarshish,Kittim, and Dodanim.
5 By these were theisles of theGentiles dividedin theirlands; everyone after histongue, after theirfamilies, in their nations.
6 And thesons ofHam;Cush, andMizraim, andPhut, and Canaan.
7 And thesons ofCush;Seba, andHavilah, andSabtah, andRaamah, andSabtecha: and thesons ofRaamah;Sheba, and Dedan.
8 AndCushbegatNimrod: hebegan tobe a mightyone in the earth.
9 He was amightyhunterbefore theLORD:wherefore it issaid, Even asNimrod themightyhunterbefore the LORD.
10 And thebeginning of hiskingdom wasBabel, andErech, andAccad, andCalneh, in theland of Shinar.
11 Out of thatland wentforthAsshur, andbuildedNineveh, and thecityRehoboth, and Calah,
12 AndResen betweenNineveh andCalah: the same is agreat city.
13 AndMizraimbegatLudim, andAnamim, andLehabim, and Naphtuhim,
14 AndPathrusim, andCasluhim, (out of whomcamePhilistim,) and Caphtorim.
15 AndCanaanbegatSidon hisfirstborn, and Heth,
16 And theJebusite, and theAmorite, and the Girgasite,
17 And theHivite, and theArkite, and the Sinite,
18 And theArvadite, and theZemarite, and theHamathite: andafterward were thefamilies of theCanaanites spread abroad.
19 And theborder of theCanaanites was fromSidon, as thoucomest toGerar, untoGaza; as thougoest, untoSodom, andGomorrah, andAdmah, andZeboim, even unto Lasha.
20 These are thesons ofHam, after theirfamilies, after theirtongues, in theircountries, and in their nations.
21 UntoShem also, thefather of all thechildren ofEber, thebrother ofJapheth theelder, even to him were children born.
22 Thechildren ofShem;Elam, andAsshur, andArphaxad, andLud, and Aram.
23 And thechildren ofAram;Uz, andHul, andGether, and Mash.
24 AndArphaxadbegatSalah; andSalahbegat Eber.
25 And untoEber wereborntwosons: thename ofone wasPeleg; for in hisdays was theearthdivided; and hisbrother'sname was Joktan.
26 AndJoktanbegatAlmodad, andSheleph, andHazarmaveth, and Jerah,
27 AndHadoram, andUzal, and Diklah,
28 AndObal, andAbimael, and Sheba,
29 AndOphir, andHavilah, andJobab: all these were thesons of Joktan.
30 And theirdwelling was fromMesha, as thougoest untoSephar amount of the east.
31 These are thesons ofShem, after theirfamilies, after theirtongues, in theirlands, after their nations.
32 These are thefamilies of thesons ofNoah, after theirgenerations, in theirnations: and by these were thenationsdivided in theearthafter the flood.