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The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in their nations.

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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