Genesis 10:3

10:3 The sons of Gomer were12 Askenaz,13 Riphath,14 and Togarmah.15

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12	sn The descendants of Gomer were all northern tribes of the Upper Euphrates.
13	sn Askenaz was the ancestor of a northern branch of Indo-Germanic tribes, possibly Scythians. For discussion see E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 63.
14	sn The descendants of Riphath lived in a district north of the road from Haran to Carchemish.
15	sn Togarmah is also mentioned in Ezek 38:6, where it refers to Til-garimmu, the capital of Kammanu, which bordered Tabal in eastern Turkey. See E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 26, n. 28.