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of Noah, and of them was the whole earth ouer- 18 And Aruadi, and Zemari, and Hamathi: and
spred. 20 Noah also began to be an husband man afterwarde were the families of the Canaanites
and planted a vineyard. 21 And he drunke of ye spred abroade. 19 Then the border of the Canaan-
wine and was drunken, and was vncouered in the ites was from Zidon, as thou commest to Gerar
middes of his tent. 22 And when Ham the father vntil Azzah, and as thou goest vnto Sodom, and
of Canaan sawe the nakednesse of his father, he Gomorah, and Admah, and Zeboijm, euen vnto
tolde his two brethren without. 23 Then tooke Lasha. 20 These are the sonnes of Ham according
Shem and Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon to their families, according to their tongues in
both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and their countries and in their nations. 21 Vnto
couered the nakednesse of their father with their Shem also the father of all the sonnes of Eber, and
faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers elder brother of Iapheth were children borne.
nakednesse. 24 Then Noah awoke from his wine, 22 The sonnes of Shem were Elam and Asshur,
and knew what his yonger sonne had done vnto and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. 23 And the
him, 25 And said, Cursed be Canaan: a seruant sonnes of Aram, Vz and Hul, and Gether and
of seruants shall he be vnto his brethren. 26 He Mash. 24 Also Arpachshad begate Shelah, and
said moreouer, blessed be the Lord God of Shem, 25
and let Canaan be his seruant. 27 God perswade Shelah begate Eber. Vnto Eber also were borne
Iapheth, that he may dwell in the tentes of Shem, two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg:
and let Canaan be his seruant. 28 And Noah liued for in his dayes was the earth diuided: and his
after the flood three hundreth and fiftie yeeres. brothers name was Ioktan. 26 Then Ioktan begate
29 So all the dayes of Noah were nine hundreth Almodad and Sheleph, and Hazarmaueth, and
and fiftie yeeres: and he died. Ierah, 27 And Hadoram, and Vzal, and Dicklah,
28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And
10 Ophir, and Hauilah, and Iobab: all these were
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1 Now these are the generations of the sonnes the sonnes of Ioktan. And their dwelling was
from Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar a mount
of Noah, Shem, Ham and Iapheth: vnto whom of the East. 31 These are the sonnes of Shem
sonnes were borne after the flood. The sonnes according to their families, according to their
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of Iapheth were Gomer and Magog, and Madai, tongues, in their countreis and nations. 32 These
and Iauan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3 And the sonnes of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and are the families of the sonnes of Noah, after their
Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 Also the sonnes of generations among their people: and out of these
Iauan, Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim, and Do- were the nations diuided in the earth after the
danim. 5 Of these were the yles of the Gen- flood.
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his tongue, and after their families in their na- 1 Then the whole earth was of one language
tions. 6 Moreouer, ye sonnes of Ham were Cush, and one speache. 2 And as they went from the
and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan. 7 And the East, they found a plaine in the land of Shinar,
sonnes of Cush, Seba and Hauilah, and Sabtah, and there they abode. 3 And they said one to
and Raamah, and Sabtecha: also the sonnes of
Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. 8 And Cush another, Come, let vs make bricke, and burne it in
begate Nimrod, who began to be mightie in the the fire. So they had bricke for stone, and slime
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earth. He was a mightie hunter before the Lord. had they in steade of morter. Also they said, Goe
wherefore it is saide, As Nimrod the mightie to, let vs builde vs a citie and a towre, whose top
hunter before the Lord. 10 And the beginning of may reache vnto the heauen, that we may get vs a
his kingdome was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, name, lest we be scattered vpon the whole earth.
and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of 5 But the Lord came downe, to see the citie and
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that land came Asshur, and builded Niniueh, towre, which the sonnes of men builded. And
the Lord said, Beholde, the people is one, and
and the citie Rehoboth, and Calah: 12 Resen also
betweene Niniueh and Calah: this is a great citie. they all haue one language, and this they begin
13 And Mizraim begate Ludim, and Anamim, and to doe, neither can they now be stopped from
Lehabim, and Naphtuhim. 14 Pathrusim also, whatsoeuer they haue imagined to do. 7 Come
and Casluhim (out of whom came the Philistims) on, let vs goe downe, and there confound their
and Caphtorims. 15 Also Canaan begat Zidon his language, that euery one perceiue not anothers
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first borne, and Heth, 16 And Iebusi, and Emori, speache. So ye Lord scattered them from thence
and Girgashi, 17 And Hiui, and Arki, and Sini, vpon all the earth, and they left off to build the