Japheth’s sons:(A) Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer’s sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. And Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish,(B) Kittim, and Dodanim.[a] 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.

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  1. 10:4 Some Hb mss, LXX read Rodanim; 1Ch 1:7

Japheth’s descendants included[a] Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Gomer’s descendants included Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

Javan’s descendants included Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim,[b] from whom the coastal nations[c] spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:2 The Heb. lacks included; and so throughout the chapter
  2. Genesis 10:4 So MT; LXX and a Heb. mss. read Rodanim; Cf. 1Chr 1:7
  3. Genesis 10:5 Lit. peoples