The Descendants of Ham

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The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were: Sheba and Dedan.

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Cush became the father of Nimrod. He began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD”.

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The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

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Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

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and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.

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Mizraim became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

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Pathrusim, Casluhim (which the Philistines descended from), and Caphtorim.

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Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth,

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the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

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the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

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

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The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha.

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