These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThese are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
These are families of the sons of Noah, by their births, in their nations, and by these have the nations been parted in the earth after the deluge.
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations. And from these came the distribution of the nations on the earth after the flood.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)