Genesis 10:2-3

2 ¹The sons of Japheth were ²Gomer and Magog and ³Madai and ⁴Javan and Tubal and ⁵Meshech and Tiras.

3 The sons of Gomer were ⁶Ashkenaz and Riphath and ⁷Togarmah.

Genesis 10:2-3 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. 1 Chronicles 1:5-7
• 2. Ezekiel 38:2, 6
• 3. 2 Kings 17:6
• 4. Isaiah 66:19
• 5. Ezekiel 38:2
• 6. Jeremiah 51:27
• 7. Ezekiel 27:14

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. In 1 Chr 1:6, "Diphath"