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also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.">a</a></sup></span> of Japheth:</p><p class="item2">Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The sons of Gomer:</p><p class="item2">Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The sons of Javan:</p><p class="item2">Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">The Hamites</p><div class="outlinelist"><p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The sons of Ham:</p><p class="item2">Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The sons of Cush:</p><p class="item2">Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka.</p><p class="item1">The sons of Raamah:</p><p class="item2">Sheba and Dedan.</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Cush was the father <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Father may mean ancestor or predecessor or founder; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.">c</a></sup></span> of Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He was a mighty hunter before the <span class="name">Lord</span>; that is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the <span class="name">Lord</span>.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Uruk and Akkad--all of them in">d</a></sup></span> Shinar. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="That is, Babylonia">e</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Nineveh with its city squares">f</a></sup></span> Calah <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah—which is the great city.</p> <div class="outlinelist"><p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Egypt was the father of</p><p class="item2">the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Canaan was the father of</p><p class="item2">Sidon his firstborn, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or of the Sidonians, the foremost">g</a></sup></span> and of the Hittites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.</p></div><p class="reg">Later the Canaanite clans scattered <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and the borders of Canaan reached from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.</p></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">The Semites</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Shem, the older brother of">h</a></sup></span> Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.</p> <div class="outlinelist"><p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The sons of Shem:</p><p class="item2">Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>The sons of Aram:</p><p class="item2">Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew Mash.">i</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Arphaxad was the father of <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew; Septuagint father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of">j</a></sup></span> Shelah,</p><p class="item2">and Shelah the father of Eber.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Two sons were born to Eber:</p><p class="item2">One was named Peleg, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Peleg means division.">k</a></sup></span> because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.</p> <p class="item1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Joktan was the father of</p><p class="item2">Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Obal, Abimael, Sheba, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.</p></div> <p class="pcontinued"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The region where they lived stretched from Mesha toward Sephar, in the eastern hill country.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/genesis/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Sons</i> may mean <i>descendants</i> or <i>successors</i> or <i>nations</i>; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text <i>Dodanites</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Father</i> may mean <i>ancestor</i> or <i>predecessor</i> or <i>founder</i>; also in verses 13, 15, 24 and 26.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>Uruk and Akkad—all of them in</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotebot">That is, Babylonia</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>Nineveh with its city squares</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>of the Sidonians, the foremost</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>Shem, the older brother of</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotebot">See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:17; Hebrew <i>Mash</i>.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">j</span> <span class="fnverse">24</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew; Septuagint <i>father of Cainan, and Cainan was the father of</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">k</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Peleg</i> means <i>division.</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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