32 (A)These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; (B)and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

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32 These are the clans of Noah’s sons,(A) according to their lines of descent, within their nations. From these the nations spread out over the earth(B) after the flood.

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19 (A)These three were the sons of Noah, (B)and from these the whole earth was populated.

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19 These were the three sons of Noah,(A) and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.(B)

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26 And He has made from one [a]blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and (A)the boundaries of their dwellings,

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  1. Acts 17:26 NU omits blood

26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.(A)

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Nations Descended from Noah(A)

10 Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (B)And sons were born to them after the flood.

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The Table of Nations

10 This is the account(A) of Shem, Ham and Japheth,(B) Noah’s sons,(C) who themselves had sons after the flood.

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25 (A)To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was [a]Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.

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  1. Genesis 10:25 Lit. Division

25 Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,[a] because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

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  1. Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.

20 These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

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20 These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

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And as for you, (A)be fruitful and multiply;
Bring forth abundantly in the earth
And multiply in it.”

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As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”(A)

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God’s Promise to Noah

So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: (A)“Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

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God’s Covenant With Noah

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth.(A)

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29 And he called his name (A)Noah,[a] saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground (B)which the Lord has cursed.” 30 After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters. 31 So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years; and he died.

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  1. Genesis 5:29 Lit. Rest

29 He named him Noah[a](A) and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the Lord has cursed.(B) 30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.

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  1. Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort.

31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.

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31 These are the sons of Shem by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.

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