A   This is the generacion of the childr&ebar; of Noe, Sem, Ham, and Iaphet, ∧ they begat children after the floude. The children of Iaphet are these: ^note Gomer, Magog, Madai, Iauan, Tubal, Mesech and Thyras. The childr&ebar; of Gomer are these: Ascenas, Riphat and Togarma. The children of Iauan are these: Elisa, Tharsis, Cithim and Dodanim: Of these are deuided the Iles of þe; Heithen in their countrees, euery one after his speach, kynred and people.

The childr&ebar; of Ham are these: Thus, Misraim, Phut and Canaan. The children of Chus are these: Seba, Heuila Sabtha, Reyma and Sabthecha.

B   The children of Reyma are these: Sheba and Ded&abar;. Thus also begat Nemrod, which beganne to be mightie in the earth, and was a mightie hunter in the sight of the LORDE. Therof commeth the prouerbe: This is a mightie hunter before the LORDE like as Nemrod. And the origenall of his kyngdome was Babel, Erech, Acad ∧ Chalne in þe; londe of Synear. ^noteOut of that l&obar;de came Assur, and buylded Niniue, and þe; stretes of þe; cite, and Calah, and Ressen betwene Ninyne ∧ Calah: This is a greate cite. ^noteMizraim begat Ludim, Enamim, Leabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim ∧ Casluhim, from whence came the Philistynes and Capthorims. C   Cana&abar; also begat Zidon his eldest sonne, ∧ Heth, Iebusi, Emori, Girgosi, Hiui, Arki, Sini, Aruadi, Zemari ∧ Hamati: fr&obar; whence þe; kynreds of þe; Cananites are dispersed abrode. And þe; Coastes of þe; Cananites were fr&obar; Sid&obar; forth thorow Gerar vnto Gasa, tyll thou c&obar;mest vnto Sodoma, Gomorra, Adama, Zeboim, ∧ vnto Lasa. These are the children of Ham in their kynreds, tunges, londes ∧ people. And Sem which is þe; father of all the children of Eber, ∧ the elder brother of Iaphet, begat childr&ebar; also. And these are his children: El&abar;, Assur, Arphachad, Lud ∧ Aram. The childr&ebar; of Aram are these: Vz, Hul, Gether ∧ Mas.

D   And Arphachsad begat Sala, and Sala begat Eber. Eber begat two sonnes: the name of the one was Peleg, because that in his tyme the worlde was deuyded, and his brothers name was Iaketan, And Iaketan begat Almodad, Saleph, Hazarmaphet, Iarah, Hadoram, Usal, Dikela, Obal, Abimael, Seba, Ophir, Heuila ∧ Iobab: All these are þe; childr&ebar; of Iaketan. And their dwellynge was from Mesa, tyll thou come vnto Sephar a mountayne of þe; east. These are þe; children of Sem in their generacions, tunges, londes and people.

This is now þe; generacion of þe; children of Noe in their kynredes ∧ people. Of these were þe; people vpon earth spred a brode after þe; floude.

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