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The Table of Nations
This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
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(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
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These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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These are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth after the flood.
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“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
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No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
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I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
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I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.”
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Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.
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and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me.”
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The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
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I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed,
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May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed.”
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And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.
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But his father refused and said, “I know, my son, I know. He too will become a people, and he too will become great. Nevertheless, his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become a group of nations.”
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The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
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The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia.
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Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine,
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I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.
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“‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.
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And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
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You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
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But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
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You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
