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The descendants of Adam were Seth, Enosh,
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Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
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Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
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and Noah. The sons of Noah were 1 Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, 2 and Togarmah.
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The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
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The descendants of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, 3 Put, and Canaan.
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The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
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Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, who was the first heroic warrior on earth.
11 Mizraim was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12 Pathrusites, Casluhites, and the Caphtorites, from whom the Philistines came. 4
13 Canaan’s oldest son was Sidon, the ancestor of the Sidonians. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Hittites, 5 14 Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, 15 Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, 16 Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.
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The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
The descendants of Aram were 6 Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 7
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Arphaxad was the father of Shelah.
Shelah was the father of Eber.
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Eber 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.
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Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
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Obal, 8 Abimael, Sheba,
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were descendants of Joktan.
24 So this is the family line descended from Shem: Arphaxad, Shelah, 9 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 and Abram, later known as Abraham.