Genesis 10:1-6

Noah’s descendants

1 These are the descendants of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom children were born after the flood.

2 Japheth's sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3 Gomer's sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 Javan's sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

5 From these the island-nations were divided into their own countries, each according to their languages and their clans within their nations.

6 Ham's sons: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.

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Genesis 10:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 10

This chapter gives an account of the posterity of the three sons of Noah, by whom the world was peopled after the flood, Ge 10:1 of the posterity of Japheth, Ge 10:2-5 of the posterity of Ham, Ge 10:6-20 and of the posterity of Shem, Ge 10:21-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. LXX, Sam, 1 Chron 1:7; MT Dodanim

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Genesis 10:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 10

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