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| The Book of Genesis 10 |
| The World English Online Bible (WLD) |
| Genesis 10:1 | Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. |
| Genesis 10:2 | The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. |
| Genesis 10:3 | The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. |
| Genesis 10:4 | The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. |
| Genesis 10:5 | Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations. |
| Genesis 10:6 | The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. |
| Genesis 10:7 | The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. |
| Genesis 10:8 | Cush became the father of Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. |
| Genesis 10:9 | He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh." |
| Genesis 10:10 | The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. |
| Genesis 10:11 | Out of that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, |
| Genesis 10:12 | and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (the same is the great city). |
| Genesis 10:13 | Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, |
| Genesis 10:14 | Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim. |
| Genesis 10:15 | Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth, |
| Genesis 10:16 | the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite, |
| Genesis 10:17 | the Hivite, the Arkite, the Sinite, |
| Genesis 10:18 | the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. |
| Genesis 10:19 | The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha. |
| Genesis 10:20 | These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, in their nations. |
| Genesis 10:21 | To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born. |
| Genesis 10:22 | The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. |
| Genesis 10:23 | The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. |
| Genesis 10:24 | Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. |
| Genesis 10:25 | To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided. His brother's name was Joktan. |
| Genesis 10:26 | Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, |
| Genesis 10:27 | Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, |
| Genesis 10:28 | Obal, Abimael, Sheba, |
| Genesis 10:29 | Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. |
| Genesis 10:30 | Their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. |
| Genesis 10:31 | These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their languages, in their lands, after their nations. |
| Genesis 10:32 | These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. Of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. |
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