Douay Rheims Original ↷

Genesis

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Genesis 10 📜 📕 ↷

Table of Nations

1 THESE are the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Japheth: and children were born to them after the flood.📜💬📚

Japhethites

2 The children of Japheth: Gomer, & Magog, & Madai, & Javan, & Tubal, and Mosoch, and Thiras.📜💬📚

3 Moreover the children of Gomer: Ascenez, and Riphath, and Thogorma.📜💬📚

4 And the sons of Javan: Elisa, and Tharsis, the Cetims and the Dodanims.📜💬📚

5 Of these were divided the Iles of Nations in their countries, each one according to his tong, & their families in their nations.📜💬📚

Hamites

6 And the sons of Cham: Chus, & Mesraim, & Phut, and Chanaan.📜💬📚

7 And the sons of Chus: Saba, Hevila, and Sabatha, & Regma, & Sabathaca. The sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan.📜💬📚

8 Moreover Chus begat Nemrod: he began to be mighty in the earth.📜💬📚

9 and he was a valiant hunter before our Lord. Thereof rose a proverb: As it were Nemrod the valiant hunter before our Lord.📜💬📚

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon, and Arach, and Achad, and Chalanne in the land of Sennaar.📜💬📚

11 Out of that land came forth Assur, & builded Ninive, & the streets of the city, and Chale.📜💬📚

12 Resen also between Ninive, & Chale: this is the great city.📜💬📚

13 But Mesraim also begat the Ludims, & the Anamims, & the Laabims, the Nephthuims,📜💬📚

14 and the Phetrusims, & the Casluims: of whom came forth the Philistims & the Caphtorims.📜💬📚

15 And Chanaan begat Sidon his first-begotten, Hethaeus,📜💬📚

16 and Jebusaeus, and Amorrhaeus, and Gergesaeus.📜💬📚

17 Hevaeus and Aracaeus, Sinaeus,📜💬📚

18 and Aradius, Samaraeus, and Hamathaeus: and afterwards were spread the people of the Chanaanites.📜💬📚

19 And the limits of Chanaan were from Sidon as we come to Gerara even to Gaza, until thou enter to Sodoma and Gomorrha, and Adama, and Seboim, even to Lesa.📜💬📚

20 These are the children of Cham in their kindreds, and tongues, and generations, and lands, and nations.📜💬📚

Semites

21 Of Sem also father of all the children of Heber, the elder brother of Japheth, were born:📜💬📚

22 The children of Sem: Aelam and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.📜💬📚

23 The children of Aram: Us, and Hul, and Gether, and Mes.📜💬📚

24 And Arphaxad also begat Sale, of whom was born Heber.📜💬📚

25 And to Heber were born two sons: the name of the one was Phaleg, because that in his days was the earth divided: and his brother's name was Jectan.📜💬📚

26 The which Jectan begat Elmodad, and Saleph, and Asarmoth, Jare;📜💬📚

27 and Aduram, and Uzal, and Decla,📜💬📚

28 and Ebal, and Abimael, Saba,📜💬📚

29 and Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. All these were the children of Jectan.📜💬📚

30 And their dwelling was from Messa as we go on as far as Sephar a mountain in the east.📜💬📚

31 These are the children of Sem according to their kindred, and tongues, and countries in their nations.📜💬📚