Page:The Holy Bible Vol 1 (Thomson).djvu/24

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
Ch. X.
GENESIS.

the nakedness of his father, and going out told his two brothers without. 23 Whereupon Sem and Japheth took the garment and put it on both their shoulders, and went backwards and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces being turned from him, 24 they did not see the nakedness of their father.

25 And when Noe recovered from the wine and knew what his younger son had done to him, he said,

" Ah devoted Chanaan!
" To his brethren he will be a domestic servant.

26 Moreover he said,

" Blessed be the Lord God of Sem:
" And let Chanaan be his domestic servant.
27" God make room for Japheth!

" And let him dwell in the tents of Sem,
" And let Chanaan become his servant."

28 And Noe lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. 29 So all the days of Noe were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

X. Now these are the generations of the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth, to whom sons were born after the flood.

2 The sons of Japheth, Gamer, and Magog and Madoi and Jovan and Elisa and Thobel and Mosoch and Theiras. 3 And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz and Riphath and Thorgama. 4 And the children of Jovan, Elisa, and the Tharsians, Ketians, Rhodians. 5 By these the islands of the nations were set apart in their land, each according to their language in their tribes and in their nations.

6 And the sons of Cham; Chous, and Mesrain, Phoud and Chanaan. 7 And the children of Chous; Saba and Evila and Sabatha and Regma and Sabathaka. 8 And the sons of Regma; Saba and Dadan. And Chous begot Nebrod. 9 He began to be a giant on the earth. He was a giant hunter before the Lord God. For this cause they say, "Like Nebrod the giant hunter before the Lord." 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babylon and Orech and Archad and Chalane in the land of Senaar. 11 From this land Assour went out and builded Ninive and the city Rooboth and Chalach and Dase, 12 between Ninive and Chalach. This was the great city. 13 And Mesrain begot the Loudieims and the Nephthaleims, and the Enemetieims, and