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1 Chronicles 1:8-18 Good News Bible (GNB)

8. The sons of Ham — Cush, Egypt, Libya, and Canaan — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.

9. The descendants of Cush were the people of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were the people of Sheba and Dedan.

10. (Cush had a son named Nimrod, who became the world's first great conqueror.)

11. The descendants of Egypt were the people of Lydia, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,

12. Pathrus, Casluh, and of Crete (from whom the Philistines were descended).

13. Canaan's sons — Sidon, the eldest, and Heth — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.

14. Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, Girgashites,

15. Hivites, Arkites, Sinites,

16. Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

17. Shem's sons — Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshek — were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.

18. Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.

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