Without form

one from the other.

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

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And the earth was without form, and void;

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And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

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And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.

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And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

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Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan,

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And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

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and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

ISamuel