The First Book of Moses, called Genesis 10

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1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah Shem Ham and Japheth and unto them were sons born after the flood ⚑

2 The sons of Japheth Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras ⚑

3 And the sons of Gomer Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah ⚑

4 And the sons of Javan Elishah and Tarshish Kittim and Dodanim ⚑

5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands every one after his tongue after their families in their nations ⚑

6 And the sons of Ham Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan ⚑

7 And the sons of Cush Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabtecha and the sons of Raamah Sheba and Dedan ⚑

8 And Cush begat Nimrod he began to be a mighty one in the earth ⚑

9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD wherefore it is said Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD ⚑

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh in the land of Shinar ⚑

11 Out of that land went forth Asshur and builded Nineveh and the city Rehoboth and Calah ⚑

12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah the same is a great city ⚑

13 And Mizraim begat Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim ⚑

14 And Pathrusim and Casluhim out of whom came Philistim and Caphtorim ⚑

15 And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn and Heth ⚑

16 And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgasite ⚑

17 And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite ⚑

18 And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad ⚑

19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as thou comest to Gerar unto Gaza as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboim even unto Lasha ⚑

20 These are the sons of Ham after their families after their tongues in their countries and in their nations ⚑

21 Unto Shem also the father of all the children of Eber the brother of Japheth the elder even to him were children born ⚑

22 The children of Shem Elam and Asshur and Arphaxad and Lud and Aram ⚑

23 And the children of Aram Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash ⚑

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah and Salah begat Eber ⚑

25 And unto Eber were born two sons the name of one was Peleg for in his days was the earth divided and his other’s name was Joktan ⚑

26 And Joktan begat Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah ⚑

27 And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah ⚑

28 And Obal and Abimael and Sheba ⚑

29 And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab all these were the sons of Joktan ⚑

30 And their dwelling was from Mesha as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east ⚑

31 These are the sons of Shem after their families after their tongues in their lands after their nations ⚑

32 These are the families of the sons of Noah after their generations in their nations and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain