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The map of nations
1This is the record of the descendants of Shem, Ham and Japheth, sons of Noah. Their children were born after the Flood.
2These were the sons of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal,
Meshech and Tiras.
3These were the sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Rifath and Togarma.
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4These were the sons of Javan:
Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
5From them come the maritime peoples, who separated themselves in their territory, according to their language, each according to the clans of their nations.
6These were the sons of Ham:
Cush, Mizraim, Futh and Canaan.
7These were the sons of Cush:
Sebá, Havilá, Sabtá, Raamá and Sabtecá.
These were the sons of Raamah:
Sheba and Dedan.
8Cush also fathered Nimrod, the first powerful man on earth.
9He was the bravest of hunters, and that is why it is said: “Brave as Nimrod”.
10In the beginning his kingdom covered Babel, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11From this land he departed for Assyria, where he founded Nineveh, Rehobothir, Calah
12and Reshem, which is between Nineveh and Calah, the great city.
13Mizraim begot the Luddites, the Annamites, the Leabites, the Naftuites,
14the Patrusites, the Kasluites, from whom the Philistines originated, and the Kaphtorites.
15Canaan begat Sidon, his eldest son, and Heth,
Later, the Canaanite clans spread.
16as well as the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
17the Hivites, the Archites, the Sinites,
18the Arvadites, the Zemarites and the Hamathites.
19The borders of Canaan extended from Sidon, went to Gerar, and reached Gaza and, from there, continued to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, reaching Lasa.
20These are the descendants of Ham, according to their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
21Shem, Japheth's older brother, also fathered children. Shem was the ancestor of all the children of Heber.
22These were the sons of Shem:
Elam, Assur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
23These were the sons of Aram:
Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.
24Arphaxad begat Shelah, and he begat Heber.
25Two children were born to Héber:
one of them was called Peleg, because in his time the land was divided; his brother was called Joktan.
26Joktan begat Almodah, Salephe, Hazarmaveh, Jerah,
27Adorão, Uzal, Dicla,
28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. These were all sons of Joktan.
30The region where they lived extended from Messa to Sefar, in the hills to the east.
31These are the descendants of Shem, according to their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
32These are the clans of Noah's sons, distributed throughout their nations, according to the history of their descendants. From them, the people dispersed across the earth, after the Flood.
