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10:1  These are the records of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom descendants were born after the flood.
10:2  Japheth's descendants included Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
10:3  Gomer's descendants included Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
10:4  Javan's descendants included Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim,
10:5  from whom the coastal peoples spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups.
10:6  Ham's descendants included Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
10:7  Cush's descendants included Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's descendants included Sheba and Dedan.
10:8  Cush fathered Nimrod, who became the first fearless leader throughout the land.
10:9  He became a fearless hunter in defiance of the LORD. That is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a fearless hunter in defiance of the LORD."
10:10  His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
10:11  From there he went north to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,
10:12  along with Resen, which was located between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
10:13  Egypt fathered the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites,
10:14  the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from which came the Philistines), and the Caphtorites.
10:15  Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, along with the Hittites,
10:16  the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
10:17  the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
10:18  the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later, the Canaanite families were widely scattered.
10:19  The Canaanite border extended south from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
10:20  These are Ham's descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups.
10:21  Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had descendants. Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber.
10:22  Shem's sons included Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
10:23  Aram's descendants included Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
10:24  Arpachshad fathered Cainan, Cainan fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
10:25  To Eber were born two sons. One was named Peleg, because the earth was divided during his lifetime. His brother was named Joktan.
10:26  Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
10:27  Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
10:28  Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
10:29  Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan's descendants.
10:30  Their settlements extended from Mesha towards Sephar, the eastern hill country.
10:31  These are Shem's descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups.
10:32  These are the families of Noah's sons, according to their records, by their nations. From these people, the nations on the earth spread out after the flood.