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Genesis 10:5

3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

7 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.

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BSB
From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
KJV
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
WEB
Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.
ASV
Of these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
DARBY
From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
BLB
From these were separated the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each according to his language, according to their clans, in their nations.
ÅB
Fra disse bredte de som bor på hedningenes kyster, seg ut i sine land, med sine forskjellige tungemål, etter sine slekter, i sine folkeslag.
OTB
Fra disse spredte de maritime folkene seg inn i sine territorier etter sine klaner og språk, hver innenfor sine nasjoner.
B1930
Fra disse bredte de som bor på hedningenes kyster, sig ut i sine land, med sine forskjellige tungemål, efter sine ætter, i sine folkeslag.

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