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Genesis 10:8-21 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

8. And Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty warrior.

9. He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it was said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh.”

10. Now, the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

11. From that land he went out to Assyria, and he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

12. Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city.

13. And Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

14. Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.

15. Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth,

16. and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

17. the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

18. the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.

19. And the territory of the Canaanites was from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

20. These are the descendants of Ham, according to their families and their languages, in their lands, and in their nations.

21. And to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the older brother of Japheth, children were also born.

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