Chapter 7

 

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And these are the names of the sons of Noah: Japheth, Ham and Shem; and children were born to them after the flood, for they had taken wives before the flood.

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These are the sons of Japheth;
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech, and
Tiras, seven sons.

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And the sons of
Gomerwere
Askinaz,
Rephathand
Tegarmah.

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And the sons of
Magogwere
Elichanafand
Lubal.

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And the children of
Madaiwere
Achon,
Zeelo,
Chazoniand

Lot
.

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And the sons of
Javanwere
Elisha,
Tarshish,
Chittimand
Dudonim.

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And the sons of
Tubalwere
Ariphi,
Kesedand
Taari.

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And the sons of
Meshechwere
Dedon,
Zaronand
Shebashni.

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And the sons of
Tiraswere
Benib,


Gera

,
Lupirionand
Gilak; these are the sons of Japheth according to their families, and their numbers in those days were about four hundred and sixty men.

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And these are the sons of Ham;


Cush

,
Mitzraim,
Phutand
Canaan
, four sons; and the sons of

Cush

were
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabta,
Raamaand
Satecha, and the sons of
Raamawere
Sheba
and
Dedan.

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And the sons of
Mitzraimwere
Lud,
Anomand
Pathros,
Chaslothand
Chaphtor.

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And the sons of
Phutwere
Gebul,
Hadan,
Benahand
Adan.

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And the sons of

Canaan
were
Zidon,
Heth,
Amori,
Gergashi,
Hivi,
Arkee,
Seni,
Arodi,
Zimodiand
Chamothi.

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These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, and their numbers in those days were about seven hundred and thirty men.

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And these are the sons of Shem;

Elam
,
Ashur,
Arpachshad,
Ludand

Aram

, five sons; and the sons of
Elam
were
Shushan,
Machuland Harmon.

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And the sons of
Asharwere
Mirusand
Mokil, and the sons of
Arpachshadwere
Shelach,
Anarand
Ashcol.

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And the sons of
Ludwere
Pethorand
Bizayon, and the sons of


Aram

were
Uz,
Chul, Gather and Mash.

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These are the sons of Shem, according to their families; and their numbers in those days were about three hundred men.

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These are the generations of Shem; Shem begat
Arpachshadand
Arpachshadbegat
Shelach, and
Shelachbegat
Eberand to
Eberwere born two children, the name of one was
Peleg, for in his days the sons of men were divided, and in the latter days, the earth was divided.

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And the name of the second was
Yoktan, meaning that in his day the lives of the sons of men were diminished and lessened.

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These are the sons of
Yoktan;
Almodad,
Shelaf,
Chazarmoveth,
Yerach,
Hadurom,
Ozel,
Diklah,
Obal,


Abimael

,
Sheba
,
Ophir,
Havilahand
Jobab; all these are the sons of
Yoktan.

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And
Peleghis brother begat Yen, and Yen begat
Serug, and
Serugbegat
Nahorand
Nahorbegat
Terah, and
Terahwas thirty-eight years old, and he begat


Haran

and
Nahor.

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And
Cushthe son of Ham, the son of Noah, took a wife in those days in his old age, and she bare a son, and they called his name Nimrod, saying, At that time the sons of men again began to rebel and transgress against God, and the child grew up, and his father loved him exceedingly, for he was the son of his old age.

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And the garments of skin which God made for Adam and his wife, when they went out of the garden, were given to


Cush

.

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For after the death of Adam and his wife, the garments were given to Enoch, the son of Jared, and when Enoch was taken up to God, he gave them to Methuselah, his son.

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And at the death of Methuselah, Noah took them and brought them to the ark, and they were with him until he went out of the ark.

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And in their going out, Ham stole those garments from Noah his
father,and he took them and hid them from his brothers.

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And when Ham begat his first born


Cush

, he gave him the garments in secret, and they were with

Cush

many days.

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And


Cush

also concealed them from his sons and brothers, and when

Cush

had begotten Nimrod, he gave him those garments through his love for him, and Nimrod grew up, and when he was twenty years old he put on those garments.

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And Nimrod became strong when he put on the garments, and God gave him might and strength, and he was a mighty hunter in the earth, yea, he was a mighty hunter in the field, and he hunted the animals and he built altars, and he offered upon them the animals before the Lord.

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And Nimrod strengthened himself, and he rose up from amongst his brethren, and he fought the battles of his brethren against all their enemies round about.

32.
            



And the Lord delivered all the enemies of his brethren in his hands, and God prospered him from time to time in his battles, and he reigned upon earth.

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Therefore it became current in those days, when a man ushered forth those that he had trained up for battle, he would say to them, Like God did to Nimrod, who was a mighty hunter in the earth, and who succeeded in the battles that prevailed against his brethren, that he delivered them from the hands of their enemies, so may God strengthen us and deliver us this day.

34.
            



And when Nimrod was forty years old, at that time there was a war between his brethren and the children of Japheth, so that they were in the power of their enemies.

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And Nimrod went forth at that time, and he assembled all the sons of
Cushand their families, about four hundred and sixty men, and he hired also from some of his friends and acquaintances about eighty men, and be gave them their hire, and he went with them to battle, and when he was on the road, Nimrod strengthened the hearts of the people that went with him.

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And he said to them,
Donot fear, neither be alarmed, for all our enemies will be delivered into our hands, and you may do with them as you please.

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And all the men that went were about five hundred, and they fought against their enemies, and they destroyed them, and subdued them, and Nimrod placed standing officers over them in their respective places.

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And he took some of their children as security, and they were all servants to Nimrod and to his brethren, and Nimrod and all the people that were with him turned homeward.

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And when Nimrod had joyfully returned from battle, after having conquered his enemies, all his brethren, together with those who knew him before, assembled to make him king over them, and they placed the regal crown upon his head.

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And he set over his subjects and people, princes, judges, and rulers, as is the custom amongst kings.

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And he placed
Terahthe son of
Nahorthe prince of his host, and he dignified him and elevated him above all his princes.

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And whilst he was reigning according to his heart’s desire, after having conquered all his enemies around, he advised with his counselors to build a city for his palace, and they did so.

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And they found a large valley opposite to the east, and they built him a large and extensive city, and Nimrod called the name of the city that he built


Shinar

, for the Lord had vehemently shaken his enemies and destroyed them.

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And Nimrod dwelt in


Shinar

, and he reigned securely, and he fought with his enemies and he subdued them, and he prospered in all his battles, and his kingdom became very great.

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And all nations and tongues heard of his fame, and they gathered themselves to him, and they bowed down to the earth, and they brought him offerings, and he became their lord and king, and they all dwelt with him in the city at
Shinar, and Nimrod reigned in the earth over all the sons of Noah, and they were all under his power and counsel.

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And all the earth was of one tongue and words of union, but Nimrod did not go in the ways of the Lord, and he was
more wickedthan all the men that were before him, from the days of the flood until those days.

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And he made gods of wood and stone, and he bowed down to them, and he rebelled against the Lord, and taught all his subjects and the people of the earth his wicked ways; and
Mardonhis son was more wicked than his father.

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And every one that heard of the acts of
Mardonthe son of Nimrod would say, concerning him, From the wicked
goethforth wickedness; therefore it became a proverb in the whole earth, saying, From the wicked
goethforth wickedness, and it was current in the words of men from that time to this.

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And
Terahthe son of
Nahor, prince of Nimrod’s host, was in those days very great in the sight of the king and his subjects, and the king and princes loved him, and they elevated him very high.

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And
Terahtook a wife and her
name was
Amthelothe daughter of
Cornebo; and the wife of
Terahconceived and barehim a son in those days.

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Terah


was seventy years old when he begat him, and
Terahcalled the name of his son that was born to him Abram, because the king had raised him in those days, and dignified him above all his princes that were with him.