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32 These are the families of Noah’s sons, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.(A)

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

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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 From one ancestor[a] he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 17.26 Gk From one; other ancient authorities read From one 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

10 These are the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; children 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 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg,[a] for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.(A)

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  1. 10.25 That is, 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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:25 Peleg means division.

20 These are the descendants of Ham, by their families, their languages, their lands, and 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 you, be fruitful and multiply, abound on the earth and have dominion over[a] it.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.7 Gk mss: Heb multiply in

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

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The Covenant with Noah

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

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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 he named him Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the toil of our hands.”(A) 30 Lamech lived after the birth of Noah five hundred ninety-five years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Thus all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, and he died.

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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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Footnotes

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

31 These are the descendants of Shem, by their families, their languages, their lands, and 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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