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Genesis 10:2–5

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The Japhethites

10:2–5pp—1Ch 1:5–7

2The sonsa of Japheth:

Gomer,e Magog,f Madai, Javan,g Tubal,h Mesheki and Tiras.

3The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz,j Riphath and Togarmah.k

4The sons of Javan:

Elishah,l Tarshish,m the Kittitesn 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.)o

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Footnotes

  1. aSons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20–23, 29 and 31.
  2. bSome manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites

Cross references

  1. eEze 38:6
  2. fEze 38:2; 39:6; Rev 20:8
  3. gEze 27:19
  4. hIsa 66:19; Eze 27:13; 32:26
  5. iEze 39:1
  6. jJer 51:27
  7. kEze 27:14; 38:6
  8. lEze 27:7
  9. mPs 48:7; 72:10; Isa 2:16; 23:1, 6, 10, 14; 60:9; 66:19; Jer 10:9; Eze 27:12, 25; 38:13; Jnh 1:3
  10. nNu 24:24; Isa 23:12; Jer 2:10; Eze 27:6; Da 11:30
  11. oGe 9:27

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these the coastland peoples spread in their lands, each with his own language, by their clans, in their nations.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Japheth’s sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer’s sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. And Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these descendants, the peoples of the coasts and islands spread out into their lands according to their clans in their nations, each with its own language.

NLTNew Living Translation

The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. Their descendants became the seafaring peoples that spread out to various lands, each identified by its own language, clan, and national identity.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. From these the coastland peoples spread out through their lands, each according to his own language by their own families, in their nations.

KJV 1900King James Version

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.