CAP. X.
1 These ben the generaciouns of the sones
of Noe, Sem, Cham, and Jafeth. And
sones weren borun to hem aftir the greet
flood.
2 The sones of Jafeth weren Gomer,
and Magog, and Madai, and Jauan, and
Tubal, and Mosoth, and Thiras.
3 Forsothe
the sones of Gomer weren Asseneth,
and Rifath, and Thogorma.
4 Forsothe the
sones of Jauan weren Helisa, and Tharsis,
Cethym, and Dodanym;
5 of these sones
the ylis of hethen men weren departid in
her cuntrees, ech bi his langage and meynees,
in hise naciouns.
6 Sotheli the sones
of Cham weren Thus, and Mesraym, and
Futh, and Chanaan.
7 Forsothe the sones
of Thus weren Saba, and Euila, and Sabatha,
and Regma, and Sabatacha. The
sones of Regma weren Saba, and Dadan.
8 Forsothe Thus gendride Nemroth; he
bigan to be my&yogh;ti in erthe,
9 and he was a
strong huntere of men bifore the Lord;
of hym a prouerbe &yogh;ede out, as Nemroth,
a strong huntere bifore the Lord.
10 Sotheli
the bigynnyng of his rewme was Babiloyne,
and Arach, and Archad, and Thalamye,
in the lond of Sennaar.
11 Assur
&yogh;ede out of that lond, and bildide Nynyue,
`and stretis of the citee,
12 and Chale, and
Resen bitwixe Nynyue and Chale; this
is a greet citee.
13 And sotheli Mesraym
gendride Ludym, and Anamym, and Laabym,
Neptuym, and Ferrusym, and Cesluym;
14
of which the Filisteis and Capturym
camen forth.
15 Forsothe Chanaan gendride
Sidon, his firste gendride sone, Ethei,
and Jebusei,
16
17 and Amorrei, Gergesei, Euei,
and Arathei,
18 Ceney, and Aradie, Samarites,
-- --
and Amathei; and puplis of Chananeis
weren sowun abrood bi these men.
19 And the termes of Chanaan weren maad
to men comynge fro Sidon to Gerara, til
to Gasa, til thou entre in to Sodom and
Gomore, and Adama, and Seboyne, til to
Lesa.
20 These weren the sones of Cham,
in her kynredis, and langagis, and generaciouns,
and londis, and folkis.
21 Also of
Sem weren borun the fadris of alle the
sones of Heber, and Japhet was the more
brother.
22 The sones of Sem weren Elam,
and Assur, and Arfaxath, and Lud, and
Aram.
23 The sones of Aram weren Vs, and
Hul, and Gether, and Mes.
24 And sotheli
Arfaxath gendride Sale, of whom Heber
was borun.
25 And twei sones weren borun
to Heber, the name to o sone was Faleg,
for the lond was departid in hise daies;
and the name of his brothir was Jectan.
26 And thilke Jectan gendride Elmodad, and
Salech,
27 and Asamoth, Jare, and Adhuram,
and Vsal,
28 and Deda, and Ebal, and Abymahel,
Saba, and Ofir, and Euila, and Jobab;
29
alle these weren the sones of Jectan.
30 And the habitacioun of hem was maad fro
Messa, as `me goith til to Sefar, an hil of
the eest.
31 These ben the sones of Sem, bi
kynredis, and langagis, and cuntrees, in
her folkis.
32 These ben the meynees of
Noe, bi her puplis and naciouns; folkis
in erthe weren departid of these aftir the
greet flood.
Wycliffe (Late) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02020].
