¹And these are births of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; and born to them are sons after the deluge. ²‘Sons of Japheth are Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ³And sons of Gomer are Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. ⁴And sons of Javan are Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. ⁵By these have the isles of the nations been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

⁶And sons of Ham are Cush, and Mitzraim, and Phut, and Canaan. ⁷And sons of Cush are Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah; and sons of Raamah are Sheba and Dedan. ⁸And Cush hath begotten Nimrod; ⁹he hath begun to be a hero in the land; he hath been a hero in hunting before Jehovah; therefore it is said, ‘As Nimrod the hero in hunting before Jehovah.’ ¹⁰And the first part of his kingdom is Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar; ¹¹from that land he hath gone out to Asshur, and buildeth Nineveh, even the broad places of the city, and Calah,

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