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JASTKOW — THE HAMITES AND SEMITES. 



175 



P. 



lo, (la) These are the generations of 

 the sons of Noah ; Shem, Ham and 

 Japheth. ( 2 ) The sons of Japheth 

 were Gomer, Gog,^ Madai, Javan, Tu- 

 bal, Meshech and Tiras. ( 3 ) The 

 sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Rip 

 hath and Togarmah. (4) The sons of 

 Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim 

 and Rodanim.2 (5) Of these the islands 

 of the nations branched off. [These 

 are the sons of Japheth] according to 

 their lands, each according to his lan- 

 guage, according to their clans among 

 their nations. (6) The sons of Ham 

 were Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. 

 (7) The sons of Cush were Seba, Havi- 

 lah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabtechah. 

 The sons of Raamah were Sheba and 

 Dedan. (20) These are the sons of 

 Ham according to their clans, their 

 language, according to their lands 

 among their nations. (22) The sons 

 of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpach- 

 shad, Lud and Aram. (23) The sons 

 of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether and 

 Mash. (31) These are the sons of 

 Shem according to their clans, their 

 language, according to their lands, ac- 

 cording to their nations. (32) These 

 are the clans of the sons of Noah ac- 

 cording to their generations, among 

 their nations and from them the nations 

 were divided in the earth after the 

 flood. 



1 Hebrew text has magog, which, 

 however, appears to be an error for 

 Sog. 



2 So read according to I Chr. i, 6 

 instead of Dodani?n. 



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g, (18) The sons of Noah that went 

 forth of the ark were Shem, Ham and 

 Japheth (gloss : ana Ha?n is the father 

 of Canaaji). (19) These three were the 

 sons of Noah ; and of them was the 



whole earth overspread (10, i&) 



to them sons were born after the flood. 

 (8) Cush begat Nimrod. [He was the 

 first mighty one in the earth. (9) 

 He was a mighty hunter before Yah- 

 weh : wherefore the saying : A mighty 

 hunter like Nimrod before Jahweh. 

 (10) The beginning of his kingdom 

 was Babel, Erech, Accad and Calneh 

 in the land of Shinar. (ii) Out of 

 that land he went forth to Assyria and 

 founded Nineveh, Rehoboth-lr, Calah 

 and (12) Resen (between Nineveh and 

 Calah) (gloss : that is the great city)']. 

 . ... (13) ISIizraim begat Ludim, 

 Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, (14) 

 Pathrusim, Casluhim and Capthorim 

 (gloss : whence went forth the Philis- 

 tines'^). [( 15 ) Canaan begat Sidon 

 his first born and Heth (16) (gloss: 

 the Jebusite, Aviorite, Gi7gasite, 

 (17) Hivite, Arkite, Sinite, (18) Ar- 

 vadite, Zemarite and Hamathite)]. 

 Afterwards the clans of the Canaanite 

 spread, (19) so that the boundary of 

 the Canaanite extended from Sidon to 

 Gerar [gloss : to Gaza] to Sodom and 

 Gomorrah [ gloss : to Admah and Ze- 



boim] to Lasha (21) And to 



Shem also (sons) were born, the father of 

 all the sons of Eber, the elder brother 



of Japheth (24) Arpachshad 



begat Shelah and Shelah begat Eber- 

 (25) To Eber two sons were born, the 

 name of the one was Peleg (gloss : 

 for in his days the earth was diviaed"^) 

 and the name of his brother was 

 Joktan. (26) Joktan begat Almodad, 

 Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ( 27 ) 

 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, (28) Obal, 

 Abimael, Sheba, (29) Ophir, Havilah 

 and Jobab. All these were the sons of 

 Joktan. (30) Their settlement was 

 from Mesha to Sephar, the mountain of 

 the east. 



iCf. Amos 9, 7; Jer. 47, 4; Deul. 

 2, 23. 



iphhgti. 



