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Genesis 10 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The Generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth

(1Ch 1:5–27 )
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Now these are the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:2 -

The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:3 - The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and [fn]Riphath and Togarmah.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:4 - The sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and [fn]Dodanim.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - From these the coastlands of the nations [fn]were separated into their lands, every one according to his tongue, according to their families, into their nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 -

The sons of Ham were Cush and [fn]Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:7 - The sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Now Cush [fn]was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:9 - He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:10 - The beginning of his kingdom was [fn]Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:11 - From that land he went out to Assyria and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:12 - and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:13 - Mizraim [fn]was the father of Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:14 - and Pathrusim and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines) and Caphtorim.
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Canaan [fn]was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:16 - and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:17 - and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:18 - and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were scattered.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - The border of the Canaanite [fn]extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20 - These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, by their nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 -

Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the [fn]older brother of Japheth, children were born.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:22 - The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:23 - The sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:24 - Arpachshad [fn]was the father of Shelah; and Shelah [fn]was the father of Eber.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - Now two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was [fn]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:26 - And Joktan [fn]was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:27 - and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:28 - and [fn]Obal and Abimael and Sheba
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:29 - and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
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Now their [fn]settlement [fn]extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31 - These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, according to their nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 -

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.

LSB Footnotes
In 1 Chr 1:6, Diphath
In 1 Chr 1:7, Rodanim
Or separated themselves
Or Egypt
Lit begot
Or Babylon
Lit begot
Lit begot
Lit was
Or the brother of Japheth the elder
Lit begot
Lit begot
Lit division
Lit begot
In 1 Chr 1:22, Ebal
Lit dwelling
Lit was
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