Genesis 10:1-6

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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.

The Japhethites^(D)

²The sons^[a] of Japheth:

Gomer,^(E) Magog,^(F) Madai, Javan,^(G) Tubal,^(H) Meshek^(I) and Tiras.

³The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz,^(J) Riphath and Togarmah.^(K)

⁴The sons of Javan:

Elishah,^(L) Tarshish,^(M) the Kittites^(N) and the Rodanites.^[b] ⁵(From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)^(O)

The Hamites^(P)

⁶The sons of Ham:

Cush,^(Q) Egypt, Put^(R) and Canaan.^(S)

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Footnotes

Genesis 10:2 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.
Genesis 10:4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites

Genesis 10:20-21

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

The Semites^(A)

²¹Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was^[a] Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.^(B)

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Footnotes

Genesis 10:21 Or Shem, the older brother of

Genesis 10:31-32

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

³²These 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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