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Generations of the sons of Noah

10:1 Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noahנֹחַ
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, Shem, Ham, and Japheth and to them were sons born after the flood.

10:2 The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
10:3 And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
10:4 And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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.
10:6 And the sons of Ham ; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
10:7 And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha and the sons of Raamah ; Sheba, and Dedan.

Nimrod first monarch


10:8 And Cush fathered Nimrod he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
10:9 He was a mighty hunter before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
so it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel (or Babylon), and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
10:12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah the same [is] a great city.
10:13 And Mizraim fathered Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
10:14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim,(out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.
10:15 And Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
10:16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
10:17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
10:18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.
10:19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, to Gaza (Azzah) ; as you go, to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha.
10:20 These [are] the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their countries, [and] in their nations.
10:21 to Shem also, the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the oldest, even to him were [sons] born.
10:22 The sons of Shem ; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad (Arpachshad), and Lud, and Aram.
10:23 And the sons of Aram ; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
10:24 And Arphaxad fathered Salah ; and Salah fathered Eber.
10:25 And to 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.
10:26 And Joktan fathered Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
10:27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
10:28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
10:29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab all these [were] the sons of Joktan.
10:30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go to Sephar a mount of the east.
10:31 These [are] the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations.
10:32 These [are] the families of the sons of Noahנֹחַ
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, after their generations, in their nations and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

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