Genesis 10:1-2

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.

Genesis 10:1-2 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

Footnotes

• [a]. "Sons" may mean "descendants" or "successors" or "nations" ; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.