1 Chronicles 1:5

5 The sons of Japheth - Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras - were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.

1 Chronicles 1:5 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 5-27. The sons of Japheth, Gomer
Here begins the genealogy of the sons of Noah after the flood; of the sons of Japheth the elder, in this and the two following verses; next of the sons of Ham, the younger brother, ( 1 Chronicles 1:8-16 ) , then of Shem, whose posterity are mentioned last, because from him, in the line of Heber, sprang Abraham, the ancestor of the Jewish nation, of whom the Messiah was to come, for whose sake this genealogy is given, ( 1 Chronicles 1:17-27 ) . The whole is the same with the account in ( Genesis 10:1-11:29 )

1 Chronicles 1:5 In-Context

3 Jared was the father of Enoch, who was the father of Methuselah; Methuselah was the father of Lamech,

4 who was the father of Noah. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5 The sons of Japheth - Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras - were the ancestors of the peoples who bear their names.

6 The descendants of Gomer were the people of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

7 The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes.