Genesis 10:21

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Genesis 10:21 (WEB)
Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.

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§56Article 1 · The Revelation of GodRead at vatican.va
“…divine economy toward the "nations", in other words, towards men grouped "in their lands, each with (its) own language, by their families, in their nations".” — Catechism footnote: Gen 10:5; cf. 9:9-10, 16; 10:20-31.

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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVI.3Book XVI
“For we read, “Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Heber, the brother of Japheth the elder, were children born.”” — editor's note: Gen. x. 21.
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