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J A N U A R Y
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May Japheth share the prosperity
of Shem,*
and may Canaan be his servant.”
28Noah lived another 350 years after
the great flood. 29He lived 950 years,
and then he died.
10:1This is the account of the families of
Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the three sons
of Noah. Many children were born to
them after the great flood.
2 The descendants of Japheth were
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal,
Meshech, and Tiras.
3 The descendants of Gomer were
Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4The descendants of Javan were
Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and
Rodanim.* 5 Their descendants
became the seafaring peoples that
spread out to various lands, each
identified by its own language, clan,
and national identity.
6The descendants of Ham were Cush,
Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
7 The descendants of Cush were Seba,
Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and
Sabteca. The descendants of
Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
8Cush was also the ancestor of
Nimrod, who was the first heroic
warrior on earth. 9 Since he was the
greatest hunter in the world,* his
name became proverbial. People
would say, “This man is like Nimrod,
the greatest hunter in the world.”
10He built his kingdom in the land of
Babylonia,* with the cities of
Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh.
11From there he expanded his
territory to Assyria,* building the
cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir,
Calah, 12 and Resen (the great city
located between Nineveh and
Calah).
13Mizraim was the ancestor of the
Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites,
Naphtuhites, 14Pathrusites,
Casluhites, and the Caphtorites,
from whom the Philistines came.*
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15Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the
ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan
was also the ancestor of the Hittites,*
16 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
17Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,
18Arvadites, Zemarites, and
Hamathites. The Canaanite clans
eventually spread out, 19 and the
territory of Canaan extended from
Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza
in the south, and east as far as
Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and
Zeboiim, near Lasha.
20These were the descendants of Ham,
identified by clan, language, territory,
and national identity.
21Sons were also born to Shem, the
older brother of Japheth.* Shem was
the ancestor of all the descendants
of Eber.
22 The descendants of Shem were
Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and
Aram.
23 The descendants of Aram were Uz,
Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24Arphaxad was the father of
Shelah,* and Shelah was the father
of Eber.
25Eber had two sons. The first was
named Peleg (which means
“division”), for during his lifetime
the people of the world were divided
into different language groups. His
brother’s name was Joktan.
26 Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad,
Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28Obal,
Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah,
and Jobab. All these were
descendants of Joktan. 30The
territory they occupied extended
from Mesha all the way to Sephar in
the eastern mountains.
31These were the descendants of Shem,
identified by clan, language, territory,
and national identity.
32 These are the clans that descended
from Noah’s sons, arranged by nation
according to their lines of descent. All
