Genesis 10:5
From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
6And the sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Cross References
Genesis 9:19These three are the sons of Noah; and from these was [the population of] the whole earth spread abroad.
Genesis 10:25And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis 11:1And the whole earth had one language, and the same words.
Genesis 11:9Therefore was its name called Babel; because Jehovah there confounded the language of the whole earth. And Jehovah scattered them thence over the face of the whole earth.
Esther 10:1And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.
Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:2-6
The Generations of Noah. ( b. c. 2347.) 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 3 And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their… Read the whole commentary →