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1 After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants. 2 Japheth's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim, 3 (SEE 10:2) 4 (SEE 10:2) 5 (SEE 10:2) 6 Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod 7 (SEE 10:6) 8 (SEE 10:6) 9 (SEE 10:6) 10 (SEE 10:6) 11 (SEE 10:6) 12 (SEE 10:6) 13 (SEE 10:6) 14 (SEE 10:6) 15 (SEE 10:6) 16 (SEE 10:6) 17 (SEE 10:6) 18 (SEE 10:6) 19 (SEE 10:6) 20 (SEE 10:6) 21 Shem's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. He was the older brother of Japheth and the ancestor of the tribes of Eber. Shem was the ancestor of Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram was the ancestor of Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash 22 (SEE 10:21) 23 (SEE 10:21) 24 (SEE 10:21) 25 (SEE 10:21) 26 (SEE 10:21) 27 (SEE 10:21) 28 (SEE 10:21) 29 (SEE 10:21) 30 (SEE 10:21) 31 (SEE 10:21) 32 This completes the list of Noah's descendants. After the flood their descendants became nations and spread all over the world. 
