Genesis 10 (NET)

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Genesis 10:1¹This is the account of Noah’s sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:2²The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:3³The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:4⁴The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Dodanim.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:5⁵From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:6⁶The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:7⁷The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:8⁸Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:9⁹He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.”)Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:10¹⁰The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:11¹¹From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:12¹²and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:13¹³Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:14¹⁴Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorites.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:15¹⁵Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:16¹⁶the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:17¹⁷Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:18¹⁸Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scatteredCopy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:19¹⁹and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboyim, as far as Lasha.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:20²⁰These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:21²¹And sons were also born to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:22²²The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:23²³The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:24²⁴Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:25²⁵Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:26²⁶Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:27²⁷Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:28²⁸Obal, Abimael, Sheba,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:29²⁹Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:30³⁰Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern hills.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:31³¹These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

Genesis 10:32³²These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s

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