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Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.
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The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
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From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.
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The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
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The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
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Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
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He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord."
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And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.