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Genesis 10

Descendants of Noah

Genesis 10:1

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

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Japheth "Enlarged".

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Genesis 10:2

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

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Genesis 10:3

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

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Genesis 10:4

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

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Genesis 10:5

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

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Genesis 10:6

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

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Genesis 10:7

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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Genesis 10:8

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

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Genesis 10:9

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

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Genesis 10:10

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

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Shinar modern-day Iraq.

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Genesis 10:11

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

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Genesis 10:12

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

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Genesis 10:13

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

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Genesis 10:14

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

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Genesis 10:15

And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,

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Genesis 10:16

And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

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Genesis 10:17

And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

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Genesis 10:18

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

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Genesis 10:19

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.

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Genesis 10:20

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

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Genesis 10:21

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

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From Eber you get the term Hebrew. He is the progenitor of the Hebrews.

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Genesis 10:22

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

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Genesis 10:23

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

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Genesis 10:24

And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.

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Genesis 10:25

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.

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Peleg means division, because when he was born is when the Most High really began to divide the nations.

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Genesis 10:26

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

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Genesis 10:27

And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

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Genesis 10:28

And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

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Genesis 10:29

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

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Genesis 10:30

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

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Genesis 10:31

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

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Genesis 10:32

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.

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Everyone on earth comes from Noah, specifically, one of his three sons.

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