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Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock.
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His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.
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When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.
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After he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
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When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
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After he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Altogether, Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.
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After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
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Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
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Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
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On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
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Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
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The Sons of Noah
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
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But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.
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May God extend Japheth’s territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”
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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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The Japhethites
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
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The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
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Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
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The Semites
Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.
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Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
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Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
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Lot looked around and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan toward Zoar was well watered, like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
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So Lot chose for himself the whole plain of the Jordan and set out toward the east. The two men parted company:
