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Genesis 10:1–2

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NOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
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From verse 1

  1. Genesis 2:4Rank 1 from verse 1
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    4¶ These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

  2. Genesis 9:7Rank 2 from verse 1
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    7And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

  3. Genesis 5:1Rank 3 from verse 1
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    1THIS is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

  4. Genesis 6:9Rank 4 from verse 1
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    9¶ These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

  5. Genesis 9:1Rank 5 from verse 1
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    1AND God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

  6. Genesis 9:19Rank 6 from verse 1
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    19These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

  7. Matthew 1:1Rank 7 from verse 1
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    1THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

From verse 2

  1. Ezekiel 38:2Rank 1 from verse 2
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    2Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,

  2. Ezekiel 38:6Rank 2 from verse 2
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    6Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

  3. 1 Chronicles 1:5–7Rank 3 from verse 2
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    5¶ The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

    6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

    7And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

  4. Isaiah 66:19Rank 4 from verse 2
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    19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

  5. Revelation 20:8Rank 5 from verse 2
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    8And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

  6. Ezekiel 39:1Rank 6 from verse 2
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    1THEREFORE, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

  7. Ezekiel 27:12–14Rank 7 from verse 2
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    12Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

    13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

    14They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

  8. Ezekiel 27:19Rank 8 from verse 2
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    19Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.

  9. Ezekiel 27:7Rank 9 from verse 2
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    7Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.

  10. Ezekiel 38:15Rank 10 from verse 2
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    15And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

  11. Genesis 10:21Rank 11 from verse 2
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    21¶ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

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Genesis 10:1

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generations

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Plural form of generation (offspring, a family line, people of one age, or the period of a lifetime).

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Ham

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Sense 1: Ham, a son of Noah and an ancestor named in the genealogies. Sense 2: The land of Ham.

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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10:1NOW these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

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10:2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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10:3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

10:4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

10:5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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