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| 1 And these are the generations of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and to 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 From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to 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 Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. |
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| 8 And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth. |
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| 9 He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah; therefore it is said, As Nimrod, the 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.
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Babel – Antitype of nominal gospel church. R718:2
Calneh – Excavated in 1903. R3220:1*
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| 11 From that land went out Asshur, and built Nineveh, and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, |
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| 12 and Resen, between Nineveh and Calah: this is the great city. |
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| 13 --And Mizraim begot the Ludim, and the Anamim, and the Lehabim, and the Naphtuhim, |
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| 14 and the Pathrusim, and the Casluhim, out of whom came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim. |
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| 15 --And Canaan begot 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 afterwards the families of the Canaanites spread themselves abroad. |
Canaanites – The sons of Canaan. R5169:6
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| 19 And the border of the Canaanite was from Sidon, as one goes to Gerar, up to Gazah; as one goes to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, up to Lesha. |
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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 to Shem--to him also were sons born; he is the father of all the sons of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder. |
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| 22 The sons 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 sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. |
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| 24 --And Arphaxad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber. |
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| 25 And to 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 begot 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 sons of Joktan. |
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| 30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, as one goes to Sephar, the eastern mountain. |
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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 from these came the distribution of the nations on the earth after the flood. |
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