| 10:1 | Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters |
| 10:2 | The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras. |
| 10:3 | And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. |
| 10:4 | And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, the Kittim and the Dodanim. |
| 10:5 | From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages. |
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| 10:6 | And the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. |
| 10:7 | And the sons of Cush: Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. |
| 10:8 | And Cush was the father of Nimrod, who was the first of the great men of the earth. |
| 10:9 | He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman. |
| 10:10 | And at the first, his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. |
| 10:11 | From that land he went out into Assyria, building Nineveh with its wide streets and Calah, |
| 10:12 | And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town. |
| 10:13 | And Mizraim was the father of the Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim; |
| 10:14 | And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines. |
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| 10:15 | And Canaan was the father of Zidon, who was his oldest son, and Heth, |
| 10:16 | And the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite, |
| 10:17 | And the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite, |
| 10:18 | And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; after that the families of the Canaanites went far and wide in all directions; |
| 10:19 | Their country stretching from Zidon to Gaza, in the direction of Gerar; and to Lasha, in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim. |
| 10:20 | All these, with their different families, languages, lands, and nations, are the offspring of Ham. |
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| 10:21 | And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition. |
| 10:22 | These are the sons of Shem: Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram. |
| 10:23 | And the sons of Aram: Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash. |
| 10:24 | And Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber. |
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| 10:26 | And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah |
| 10:27 | And Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah |
| 10:28 | And Obal and Abimael and Sheba |
| 10:29 | And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. |
| 10:30 | And their country was from Mesha, in the direction of Sephar, the mountain of the east. |
| 10:31 | These, with their families and their languages and their lands and their nations, are the offspring of Shem. |
| 10:32 | These are the families of the sons of Noah, in the order of their generations and their nations: from these came all the nations of the earth after the great flow of waters. |
Kejadian 10 - Bible in Basic English
