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NASB | Genesis 10:1 Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 10:1 These are the records of the generations (descendants) of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and the sons born to them after the flood: |
Bible Question: How do we know which races originated from which ancestor after Noah? |
Bible Answer: the decedants of noah from his three sons are Japheth who is the father of the "gentile" nations or the nations of Europe, the second son Ham is the father of the African nations in OT times they were Cush wich is southern Africa, Mizraim which became the nation of Egypt, phut which is Libya, Canaan or Palestine. The last son Shem is the father of the Semetic people. There are also non cannonized christian texts that purport that Native Americans also came from Shem starting with the dispersion of the tower of Bable. |