Genesis 10:2-4

2 1The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, 2Tarshish, 3Kittim, and Dodanim.

Genesis 10:2-4 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.

Cross References 3

  • 1. For ver. 1-5, see 1 Chronicles 1:5-7; Ezekiel 38:1-6
  • 2. Psalms 72:10; Ezekiel 38:13
  • 3. Numbers 24:24; Isaiah 23:1, 12; Daniel 11:30
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