Genesis 10:1-7

1 This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their descendants. Shem, Ham and Japheth had children after the flood.
2 Japheth's descendants were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 Gomer's descendants were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 Javan's descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.
5 From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families.
6 Ham's descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
7 Cush's descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's descendants were Sheba and Dedan.

Genesis 10:1-7 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.

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