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Old TestamentNew oshuaJudgesRuth1st Samuel2nd Samuel1st Kings2nd Kings1st Chronicles2nd siastesSong of st Corinthians2nd 1st Thessalonians2nd Thessalonians1st Timothy2nd TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1st Peter2nd Peter1st John2nd John3rd JohnJudeRevelation2
Genesis10Godcalled the dry ground "land," andthe gathered waters he called "seas."And God saw that it was good.1In the beginning God created theheavens and the earth.11ThenGod said, "Let the land producevegetation: seed-bearing plants andtrees on the land that bear fruit withseed in it, according to their variouskinds." And it was so.2Nowthe earth was formless and empty,darkness was over the surface of thedeep, and the Spirit of God washovering over the waters.12Theland produced vegetation: plantsbearing seed according to their kindsand trees bearing fruit with seed in itaccording to their kinds. And God sawthat it was good.3AndGod said, "Let there be light," andthere was light.4Godsaw that the light was good, andhe separated the light from the darkness.13Andthere was evening, and there wasmorning-the third day.5Godcalled the light "day," and thedarkness he called "night." And therewas evening, and there was morningthe first day.14AndGod said, "Let there be lights inthe expanse of the sky to separate theday from the night, and let them serveas signs to mark seasons and days andyears,6AndGod said, "Let there be anexpanse between the waters toseparate water from water."15andlet them be lights in the expanseof the sky to give light on the earth." Andit was so.7SoGod made the expanse andseparated the water under the expansefrom the water above it. And it was so.16Godcalled the expanse "sky." Andthere was evening, and there wasmorning-the second day.made two great lights-the greaterlight to govern the day and the lesserlight to govern the night. He also madethe stars.9And17God8GodGod said, "Let the water under thesky be gathered to one place, and letdry ground appear." And it was so.set them in the expanse of thesky to give light on the earth,18togovern the day and the night, and toseparate light from darkness. And Godsaw that it was good.3
19And27Sothere was evening, and there wasmorning-the fourth day.God created man in his own image,in the image of God he created him;male and female he created them.20AndGod said, "Let the water teemwith living creatures, and let birds flyabove the earth across the expanse ofthe sky."28Godblessed them and said to them,"Be fruitful and increase in number; fillthe earth and subdue it. Rule over thefish of the sea and the birds of the airand over every living creature thatmoves on the ground."21SoGod created the great creatures ofthe sea and every living and movingthing with which the water teems,according to their kinds, and everywinged bird according to its kind. AndGod saw that it was good.29ThenGod said, "I give you every seedbearing plant on the face of the wholeearth and every tree that has fruit withseed in it. They will be yours for food.22Godblessed them and said, "Befruitful and increase in number and fillthe water in the seas, and let the birdsincrease on the earth."30Andthere was evening, and there wasmorning-the fifth day.to all the beasts of the earth andall the birds of the air and all thecreatures that move on the groundeverything that has the breath of life init-I give every green plant for food." Andit was so.24AndGod said, "Let the land produceliving creatures according to their kinds:livestock, creatures that move along theground, and wild animals, eachaccording to its kind." And it was so.31God25Godcompleted in all their vast array.23Andsaw all that he had made, and itwas very good. And there was evening,and there was morning-the sixth day.2Thus the heavens and the earth weremade the wild animals accordingto their kinds, the livestock according totheir kinds, and all the creatures thatmove along the ground according totheir kinds. And God saw that it wasgood.2Bythe seventh day God had finishedthe work he had been doing; so on theseventh day he rested from all his work.3AndGod blessed the seventh day andmade it holy, because on it he restedfrom all the work of creating that he haddone.26ThenGod said, "Let us make man inour image, in our likeness, and let themrule over the fish of the sea and thebirds of the air, over the livestock, overall the earth, and over all the creaturesthat move along the ground."4Thisis the account of the heavens andthe earth when they were created.4
14TheWhen the Lord God made the earth andthe heavens-name of the third river is theTigris; it runs along the east side ofAsshur. And the fourth river is theEuphrates.5andno shrub of the field had yetappeared on the earth and no plant ofthe field had yet sprung up, for the LordGod had not sent rain on the earth andthere was no man to work the ground,15TheLord God took the man and puthim in the Garden of Eden to work it andtake care of it.6butstreams came up from the earthand watered the whole surface of theground-16And7the17butthe Lord God commanded theman, "You are free to eat from any treein the garden;Lord God formed the man from thedust of the ground and breathed into hisnostrils the breath of life, and the manbecame a living being.you must not eat from the tree ofthe knowledge of good and evil, forwhen you eat of it you will surely die."18TheLord God said, "It is not good forthe man to be alone. I will make a helpersuitable for him."8Nowthe Lord God had planted agarden in the east, in Eden; and therehe put the man he had formed.19Nowthe Lord God had formed out ofthe ground all the beasts of the field andall the birds of the air. He brought themto the man to see what he would namethem; and whatever the man calledeach living creature, that was its name.9Andthe Lord God made all kinds oftrees grow out of the ground-trees thatwere pleasing to the eye and good forfood. In the middle of the garden werethe tree of life and the tree of theknowledge of good and evil.20Soriver watering the garden flowedfrom Eden; from there it was separatedinto four headwaters.the man gave names to all thelivestock, the birds of the air and all thebeasts of the field. But for Adam nosuitable helper was found.11The21So10Aname of the first is the Pishon; itwinds through the entire land of Havilah,where there is gold.the Lord God caused the man tofall into a deep sleep; and while he wassleeping, he took one of the man's ribsand closed up the place with flesh.12(Thegold of that land is good;aromatic resin and onyx are also there.)22Thenthe Lord God made a womanfrom the rib he had taken out of the man,and he brought her to the man.13Thename of the second river is theGihon; it winds through the entire land ofCush.5
23The7Thenman said, "This is now bone of mybones and flesh of my flesh; she shallbe called 'woman, ' for she was takenout of man."the eyes of both of them wereopened, and they realized they werenaked; so they sewed fig leavestogether and made coverings forthemselves.24Forthis reason a man will leave hisfather and mother and be united to hiswife, and they will become one flesh.8Thenthe man and his wife heard thesound of the Lord God as he waswalking in the garden in the cool of theday, and they hid from the Lord Godamong the trees of the garden.25Theman and his wife were both naked,and they felt no shame.9Butthe Lord God called to the man,"Where are you?"3Now the serpent was more craftythan any of the wild animals the LordGod had made. He said to the woman,"Did God really say, 'You must not eatfrom any tree in the garden'?"10Heanswered, "I heard you in thegarden, and I was afraid because I wasnaked; so I hid."11Andhe said, "Who told you that youwere naked? Have you eaten from thetree that I commanded you not to eatfrom?"2Thewoman said to the serpent, "Wemay eat fruit from the trees in thegarden,3butGod did say, 'You must not eat fruitfrom the tree that is in the middle of thegarden, and you must not touch it, oryou will die.' "12Theman said, "The woman you puthere with me-she gave me some fruitfrom the tree, and I ate it."13Thenthe Lord God said to the woman,"What is this you have done?" Thewoman said, "The serpent deceived me,and I ate."4"Youwill not surely die," the serpentsaid to the woman.5"ForGod knows that when you eat of ityour eyes will be opened, and you willbe like God, knowing good and evil."14Sothe Lord God said to the serpent,"Because you have done this, "Cursedare you above all the livestock and allthe wild animals! You will crawl on yourbelly and you will eat dust all the days ofyour life.6Whenthe woman saw that the fruit ofthe tree was good for food and pleasingto the eye, and also desirable forgaining wisdom, she took some and ateit. She also gave some to her husband,who was with her, and he ate it.15AndI will put enmity between you andthe woman, and between your offspring6
24Afterand hers; he will crush your head, andyou will strike his heel."he drove the man out, he placedon the east side of the Garden of Edencherubim and a flaming sword flashingback and forth to guard the way to thetree of life.16Tothe woman he said, "I will greatlyincrease your pains in childbearing; withpain you will give birth to children. Yourdesire will be for your husband, and hewill rule over you."4Adam lay with his wife Eve, and shebecame pregnant and gave birth to Cain.She said, "With the help of the Lord Ihave brought forth a man."17ToAdam he said, "Because youlistened to your wife and ate from thetree about which I commanded you,'You must not eat of it,' "Cursed is theground because of you; through painfultoil you will eat of it all the days of yourlife.2Latershe gave birth to his brother Abel.Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain workedthe soil.3Inthe course of time Cain broughtsome of the fruits of the soil as anoffering to the Lord .18Itwill produce thorns and thistles foryou, and you will eat the plants of thefield.4ButAbel brought fat portions fromsome of the firstborn of his flock. TheLord looked with favor on Abel and hisoffering,19Bythe sweat of your brow you will eatyour food until you return to the ground,since from it you were taken; for dustyou are and to dust you will return."5buton Cain and his offering he did notlook with favor. So Cain was very angry,and his face was downcast.20Adamnamed his wife Eve, becauseshe would become the mother of all theliving.6Thenthe Lord said to Cain, "Why areyou angry? Why is your face downcast?21TheLord God made garments of skinfor Adam and his wife and clothed them.7Ifyou do what is right, will you not beaccepted? But if you do not do what isright, sin is crouching at your door; itdesires to have you, but you mustmaster it."22Andthe Lord God said, "The man hasnow become like one of us, knowinggood and evil. He must not be allowedto reach out his hand and take also fromthe tree of life and eat, and live forever."8NowCain said to his brother Abel,"Let's go out to the field." And while theywere in the field, Cain attacked hisbrother Abel and killed him.23Sothe Lord God banished him fromthe Garden of Eden to work the groundfrom which he had been taken.7
9Thenthe Lord said to Cain, "Where isyour brother Abel?" "I don't know," hereplied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"was the father of Methushael, andMethushael was the father of Lamech.19Lamechmarried two women, onenamed Adah and the other Zillah.10TheLord said, "What have you done?Listen! Your brother's blood cries out tome from the ground.20Adahgave birth to Jabal; he was thefather of those who live in tents andraise livestock.11Nowyou are under a curse and drivenfrom the ground, which opened itsmouth to receive your brother's bloodfrom your hand.21Hisbrother's name was Jubal; he wasthe father of all who play the harp andflute.12Whenyou work the ground, it will nolonger yield its crops for you. You will bea restless wanderer on the earth."22Zillahalso had a son, Tubal-Cain, whoforged all kinds of tools out of bronzeand iron. Tubal-Cain's sister wasNaamah.13Cainsaid to the Lord , "My punishmentis more than I can bear.23Lamechsaid to his wives, "Adah andZillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech,hear my words. I have killed a man forwounding me, a young man for injuringme.14Todayyou are driving me from theland, and I will be hidden from yourpresence; I will be a restless wandereron the earth, and whoever finds me willkill me."24IfCain is avenged seven times, thenLamech seventy-seven times."15Butthe Lord said to him, "Not so ; ifanyone kills Cain, he will suffervengeance seven times over." Then theLord put a mark on Cain so that no onewho found him would kill him.25Adamlay with his wife again, and shegave birth to a son and named him Seth,saying, "God has granted me anotherchild in place of Abel, since Cain killedhim."16SoCain went out from the Lord 'spresence and lived in the land of Nod,east of Eden.26Sethalso had a son, and he namedhim Enosh. At that time men began tocall on the name of the Lord .17Cainlay with his wife, and she becamepregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cainwas then building a city, and he namedit after his son Enoch.5This is the written account of Adam'sline. When God created man, he madehim in the likeness of God.18ToEnoch was born Irad, and Irad wasthe father of Mehujael, and Mehujael8
2He14Altogether,created them male and female andblessed them. And when they werecreated, he called them "man. "Kenan lived 910 years, andthen he died.15WhenMahalalel had lived 65 years, hebecame the father of Jared.3WhenAdam had lived 130 years, hehad a son in his own likeness, in hisown image; and he named him Seth.16Andafter he became the father ofJared, Mahalalel lived 830 years andhad other sons and daughters.4AfterSeth was born, Adam lived 800years and had other sons and daughters.17Altogether,Mahalalel lived 895 years,and then he died.5Altogether,Adam lived 930 years, andthen he died.18WhenJared had lived 162 years, hebecame the father of Enoch.6WhenSeth had lived 105 years, hebecame the father of Enosh.19Andafter he became the father ofEnoch, Jared lived 800 years and hadother sons and daughters.7Andafter he became the father ofEnosh, Seth lived 807 years and hadother sons and daughters.20Altogether,8Altogether,Seth lived 912 years, andthen he died.Jared lived 962 years, andthen he died.21WhenEnoch had lived 65 years, hebecame the father of Methuselah.9WhenEnosh had lived 90 years, hebecame the father of Kenan.22Andafter he became the father ofKenan, Enosh lived 815 years and hadother sons and daughters.after he became the father ofMethuselah, Enoch walked with God300 years and had other sons anddaughters.11Altogether,23Altogether,10AndEnosh lived 905 years, andEnoch lived 365 years.then he died.24Enochwalked with God; then he wasno more, because God took him away.12WhenKenan had lived 70 years, hebecame the father of Mahalalel.25WhenMethuselah had lived 187 years,he became the father of Lamech.13Andafter he became the father ofMahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years andhad other sons and daughters.26Andafter he became the father ofLamech, Methuselah lived 782 yearsand had other sons and daughters.9
27Altogether,Methuselahyears, and then he died.lived5The969Lord saw how great man'swickedness on the earth had become,and that every inclination of the thoughtsof his heart was only evil all the time.28WhenLamech had lived 182 years, hehad a son.6TheLord was grieved that he hadmade man on the earth, and his heartwas filled with pain.29Henamed him Noah and said, "He willcomfort us in the labor and painful toil ofour hands caused by the ground theLord has cursed."7Sothe Lord said, "I will wipe mankind,whom I have created, from the face ofthe earth-men and animals, andcreatures that move along the ground,and birds of the air-for I am grieved thatI have made them."30AfterNoah was born, Lamech lived595 years and had other sons anddaughters.31Altogether,Lamech lived 777 years,and then he died.8ButNoah found favor in the eyes of theLord .32AfterNoah was 500 years old, hebecame the father of Shem, Ham andJapheth.9Thisis the account of Noah. Noah wasa righteous man, blameless among thepeople of his time, and he walked withGod.6Whenmen began to increase innumber on the earth and daughterswere born to them,10Noahhad three sons: Shem, Ham andJapheth.11Nowthe earth was corrupt in God'ssight and was full of violence.2thesons of God saw that the daughtersof men were beautiful, and they marriedany of them they chose.12Godsaw how corrupt the earth hadbecome, for all the people on earth hadcorrupted their ways.3Thenthe Lord said, "My Spirit will notcontend with man forever, for he ismortal ; his days will be a hundred andtwenty years."13SoGod said to Noah, "I am going toput an end to all people, for the earth isfilled with violence because of them. Iam surely going to destroy both themand the earth.4TheNephilim were on the earth inthose days-and also afterward-when thesons of God went to the daughters ofmen and had children by them. Theywere the heroes of old, men of renown.14Somake yourself an ark of cypresswood; make rooms in it and coat it withpitch inside and out.10
15This2Takeis how you are to build it: The arkis to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and45 feet high.with you seven of every kind ofclean animal, a male and its mate, andtwo of every kind of unclean animal, amale and its mate,16Makea roof for it and finish the ark towithin 18 inches of the top. Put a door inthe side of the ark and make lower,middle and upper decks.3andalso seven of every kind of bird,male and female, to keep their variouskinds alive throughout the earth.17I4Sevenam going to bring floodwaters on theearth to destroy all life under theheavens, every creature that has thebreath of life in it. Everything on earthwill perish.days from now I will send rain onthe earth for forty days and forty nights,and I will wipe from the face of the earthevery living creature I have made."5AndNoah didcommanded him.18ButI will establish my covenant withyou, and you will enter the ark-you andyour sons and your wife and your sons'wives with you.allthattheLord6Noahwas six hundred years old whenthe floodwaters came on the earth.19Youare to bring into the ark two of allliving creatures, male and female, tokeep them alive with you.7And20Two8PairsNoah and his sons and his wifeand his sons' wives entered the ark toescape the waters of the flood.of every kind of bird, of every kindof animal and of every kind of creaturethat moves along the ground will cometo you to be kept alive.of clean and unclean animals, ofbirds and of all creatures that movealong the ground,9maleand female, came to Noah andentered the ark, as God hadcommanded Noah.21Youare to take every kind of food thatis to be eaten and store it away as foodfor you and for them."10Andafter the seven daysfloodwaters came on the earth.22Noahdid everything just as Godcommanded him.11Inthethe six hundredth year of Noah's life,on the seventeenth day of the secondmonth-on that day all the springs of thegreat deep burst forth, and thefloodgates of the heavens were opened.7The Lord then said to Noah, "Go intothe ark, you and your whole family,because I have found you righteous inthis generation.11
12Andrain fell on the earth forty daysand forty nights.animals, all the creatures that swarmover the earth, and all mankind.13On22Everythingthat very day Noah and his sons,Shem, Ham and Japheth, together withhis wife and the wives of his three sons,entered the ark.on dry land that had thebreath of life in its nostrils died.23Everyliving thing on the face of theearth was wiped out; men and animalsand the creatures that move along theground and the birds of the air werewiped from the earth. Only Noah wasleft, and those with him in the ark.14Theyhad with them every wild animalaccording to its kind, all livestockaccording to their kinds, every creaturethat moves along the ground accordingto its kind and every bird according to itskind, everything with wings.24Thewaters flooded the earth for ahundred and fifty days.15Pairsof all creatures that have thebreath of life in them came to Noah andentered the ark.8But God remembered Noah and allthe wild animals and the livestock thatwere with him in the ark, and he sent awind over the earth, and the watersreceded.16Theanimals going in were male andfemale of every living thing, as God hadcommanded Noah. Then the Lord shuthim in.2Nowthe springs of the deep and thefloodgates of the heavens had beenclosed, and the rain had stopped fallingfrom the sky.17Forforty days the flood kept comingon the earth, and as the watersincreased they lifted the ark high abovethe earth.3Thewater receded steadily from theearth. At the end of the hundred and fiftydays the water had gone down,18Thewaters rose and increased greatlyon the earth, and the ark floated on thesurface of the water.4andon the seventeenth day of theseventh month the ark came to rest onthe mountains of Ararat.19Theyrose greatly on the earth, and allthe high mountains under the entireheavens were covered.5Thewaters continued to recede untilthe tenth month, and on the first day ofthe tenth month the tops of themountains became visible.20Thewaters rose and covered themountains to a depth of more thantwenty feet. ,21Everyearthliving thing that moved on theperished-birds, livestock, wild12
6Afterforty days Noah opened thewindow he had made in the ark16"Come7and17Bringout of the ark, you and yourwife and your sons and their wives.sent out a raven, and it kept flyingback and forth until the water had driedup from the earth.out every kind of living creaturethat is with you-the birds, the animals,and all the creatures that move alongthe ground-so they can multiply on theearth and be fruitful and increase innumber upon it."8Thenhe sent out a dove to see if thewater had receded from the surface ofthe ground.18SoNoah came out, together with hissons and his wife and his sons' wives.9Butthe dove could find no place to setits feet because there was water over allthe surface of the earth; so it returned toNoah in the ark. He reached out hishand and took the dove and brought itback to himself in the ark.19Allthe animals and all the creaturesthat move along the ground and all thebirds-everything that moves on theearth-came out of the ark, one kind afteranother.10Hewaited seven more days and againsent out the dove from the ark.20ThenNoah built an altar to the Lordand, taking some of all the cleananimals and clean birds, he sacrificedburnt offerings on it.11Whenthe dove returned to him in theevening, there in its beak was a freshlyplucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew thatthe water had receded from the earth.21TheLord smelled the pleasing aromaand said in his heart: "Never again will Icurse the ground because of man, eventhough every inclination of his heart isevil from childhood. And never again willI destroy all living creatures, as I havedone.12Hewaited seven more days and sentthe dove out again, but this time it didnot return to him.13Bythe first day of the first month ofNoah's six hundred and first year, thewater had dried up from the earth. Noahthen removed the covering from the arkand saw that the surface of the groundwas dry.22"Aslong as the earth endures,seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,summer and winter, day and night willnever cease."14Bythe twenty-seventh day of thesecond month the earth was completelydry.15Then9ThenGod blessed Noah and hissons, saying to them, "Be fruitful andincrease in number and fill the earth.God said to Noah,13
2Thefear and dread of you will fall uponall the beasts of the earth and all thebirds of the air, upon every creature thatmoves along the ground, and upon allthe fish of the sea; they are given intoyour hands.waters of a flood; never again will therebe a flood to destroy the earth."12AndGod said, "This is the sign of thecovenant I am making between me andyou and every living creature with you, acovenant for all generations to come:3Everythingthat lives and moves will befood for you. Just as I gave you thegreen plants, I now give you everything.13Ihave set my rainbow in the clouds,and it will be the sign of the covenantbetween me and the earth.4"Butyou must not eat meat that has itslifeblood still in it.14WheneverI bring clouds over the earthand the rainbow appears in the clouds,5Andfor your lifeblood I will surelydemand an accounting. I will demand anaccounting from every animal. And fromeach man, too, I will demand anaccounting for the life of his fellow man.15Iwill remember my covenant betweenme and you and all living creatures ofevery kind. Never again will the watersbecome a flood to destroy all life.6"Whoeversheds the blood of man, byman shall his blood be shed; for in theimage of God has God made man.16Wheneverthe rainbow appears in theclouds, I will see it and remember theeverlasting covenant between God andall living creatures of every kind on theearth."7Asfor you, be fruitful and increase innumber; multiply on the earth andincrease upon it."17SoGod said to Noah, "This is the signof the covenant I have establishedbetween me and all life on the earth."8ThenGod said to Noah and to his sonswith him:18The9"Inow establish my covenant with youand with your descendants after yousons of Noah who came out of theark were Shem, Ham and Japheth.(Ham was the father of Canaan.)10and19Thesewith every living creature that waswith you-the birds, the livestock and allthe wild animals, all those that came outof the ark with you-every living creatureon earth.were the three sons of Noah,and from them came the people whowere scattered over the earth.20Noah,a man of the soil, proceeded toplant a vineyard.11Iestablish my covenant with you:Never again will all life be cut off by the14
21Whenhe drank some of its wine, hebecame drunk and lay uncovered insidehis tent.2The22Ham,3Thesons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog,Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech andTiras.the father of Canaan, saw hisfather's nakedness and told his twobrothers outside.sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphathand Togarmah.4Thesons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish,the Kittim and the Rodanim.23ButShem and Japheth took a garmentand laid it across their shoulders; thenthey walked in backward and coveredtheir father's nakedness. Their faceswere turned the other way so that theywould not see their father's nakedness.5(Fromthese the maritime peoplesspread out into their territories by theirclans within their nations, each with itsown language.) The Hamites24WhenNoah awoke from his wine andfound out what his youngest son haddone to him,6Thesons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Putand Canaan.7Thesons of Cush: Seba, Havilah,Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. Thesons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.25hesaid, "Cursed be Canaan! Thelowest of slaves will he be to hisbrothers."8Cushwas the father of Nimrod, whogrew to be a mighty warrior on the earth.26Healso said, "Blessed be the Lord ,the God of Shem! May Canaan be theslave of Shem.9Hewas a mighty hunter before theLord ; that is why it is said, "Like Nimrod,a mighty hunter before the Lord ."27MayGod extend the territory ofJapheth ; may Japheth live in the tentsof Shem, and may Canaan be hisslave."28After10Thefirst centers of his kingdom wereBabylon, Erech, Akkad and Calneh, inShinar.the flood Noah lived 350 years.29Altogether,11Fromthat land he went to Assyria,where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir,CalahNoah lived 950 years, andthen he died.12andResen, which is between Ninevehand Calah; that is the great city.10This is the account of Shem, Hamand Japheth, Noah's sons, whothemselves had sons after the flood.The Japhethites13Mizraimwas the father of the Ludites,Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,15
14Pathrusites,27Hadoram,Casluhites (from whomthe Philistines came) and Caphtorites.28Obal,Uzal, Diklah,Abimael, Sheba,15Canaanwas the father of Sidon hisfirstborn, and of the Hittites,16Jebusites,29Ophir,Havilah and Jobab. All thesewere sons of Joktan.Amorites, Girgashites,30The17Hivites,region where they lived stretchedfrom Mesha toward Sephar, in theeastern hill country.Arkites, Sinites,18Arvadites,Zemarites and Hamathites.Later the Canaanite clans scattered31Theseare the sons of Shem by theirclans and languages, in their territoriesand nations.19andthe borders of Canaan reachedfrom Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza,and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah,Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.32Theseare the clans of Noah's sons,according to their lines of descent,within their nations. From these thenations spread out over the earth afterthe flood.20Theseare the sons of Ham by theirclans and languages, in their territoriesand nations. The Semites11Now thewhole world had onelanguage and a common speech.21Sonswere also born to Shem, whoseolder brother was Japheth; Shem wasthe ancestor of all the sons of Eber.2Asmen moved eastward, they found aplain in Shinar and settled there.22Thesons of Shem: Elam, Asshur,Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.3Theysaid to each other, "Come, let'smake bricks and bake them thoroughly."They used brick instead of stone, andtar for mortar.23Thesons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Getherand Meshech.24Arphaxadwas the father of Shelah,and Shelah the father of Eber.4Thenthey said, "Come, let us buildourselves a city, with a tower thatreaches to the heavens, so that we maymake a name for ourselves and not bescattered over the face of the wholeearth."25Two
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