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| 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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| 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. |
Sons of Japheth – Supposed to have settled Europe. D556
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| 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. |
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| 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. |
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| 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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| 6 And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. |
Sons of Ham – Supposed to have settled Northern Africa. D556
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| 7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. |
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| 8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. |
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| 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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| 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. |
Babel – Antitype of nominal gospel church. R718:2
Calneh – Excavated in 1903. R3220:1*
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| 11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, |
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| 12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. |
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| 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, |
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| 14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. |
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| 15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, |
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| 16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, |
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| 17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, |
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| 18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. |
Canaanites – The sons of Canaan. R5169:6
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| 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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| 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. |
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| 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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| 22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. |
Children of Shem – Supposed to have settled Western Asia. D556
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| 23 And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. |
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| 24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. |
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| 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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| 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, |
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| 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, |
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| 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, |
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| 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. |
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| 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. |
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| 31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. |
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| 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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