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1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, namely, of 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 Of these were the coastlands of the nations 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 Put, 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 Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. |
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8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he was first to be a mighty one in the earth. |
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9 He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah. |
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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 Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, |
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12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the 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 (whence went forth the Philistines), 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 Girgashite, |
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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 Canaanite spread abroad. |
Canaanites – The sons of Canaan. R5169:6
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19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as thou goest toward Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, unto Lasha. |
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20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, in their nations. |
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21 And unto Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, to him also were children born. |
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22 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. |
Children of Shem – Supposed to have settled Western Asia. D556
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23 And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. |
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24 And Arpachshad begat Shelah; and Shelah begat Eber. |
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25 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the 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 toward Sephar, a mountain 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 of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. |
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