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The Hamites
The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.
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The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteka. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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These are the sons of Ham by their clans and languages, in their territories and nations.
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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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The sons of Shem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.
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The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.
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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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Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
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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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And after he became the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
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And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
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The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
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So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
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Nahor’s Sons
Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor:
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Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
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His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.
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The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.
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But while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
