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Genesis 10:11This is the account of Noah’s sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:22The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:33The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:44The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Dodanim.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:55From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:66The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:77The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:88Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:99He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1010The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1111From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1212and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1313Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1414Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorites.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1515Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1616the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1717Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1818Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scatteredCopy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:1919and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2020These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2121And sons were also born to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2222The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2323The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2424Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2525Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2626Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2727Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2828Obal, Abimael, Sheba,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:2929Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:3030Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern hills.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:3131These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
Genesis 10:3232These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions
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