Genesis 10:1-6

The Table of Nations

1 This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.

The Japhethites

2 The sons^[a] of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.

3 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.

4 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.^[b]

5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)

The Hamites

6 The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.

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.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 2:4
• 2. S Genesis 5:32
• 3. ver 32; 1 Chronicles 1:4
• 4. Ezekiel 38:6
• 5. Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:6; Revelation 20:8
• 6. Ezekiel 27:19
• 7. Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 27:13; Ezekiel 32:26
• 8. Ezekiel 39:1
• 9. Jeremiah 51:27
• 10. Ezekiel 27:14; Ezekiel 38:6
• 11. Ezekiel 27:7
• 12. Psalms 48:7; Psalms 72:10; Isaiah 2:16; Isaiah 23:1,6,10,14; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 66:19; Jeremiah 10:9; Ezekiel 27:12,25; Ezekiel 38:13; John 1:3
• 13. Numbers 24:24; Isaiah 23:12; Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:6; Daniel 11:30
• 14. Genesis 9:27
• 15. 2 Kings 19:9; 2 Chronicles 12:3; 2 Chronicles 16:8; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 18:1; Isaiah 20:3; Isaiah 43:3; Jeremiah 46:9; Ezekiel 30:4,9; Ezekiel 38:5; Nahum 3:9; Zephaniah 2:12; Zephaniah 3:10
• 16. Ezekiel 27:10; Ezekiel 38:5
• 17. ver 15; S Genesis 9:18

Footnotes

• [a] "Sons" may mean "descendants" or "successors" or "nations" ; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.
• [b] Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text "Dodanites"