Genesis 10:4

And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cetthim, and Dodanim.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

In Context

3And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez and Riphath and Thogorma.

5By these were divided the islands of the Gentiles in their lands, every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations.

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:1The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.

Ezekiel 27:6They have cut thy oars out of the oaks of Basan: and they have made thee benches of Indian ivory and cabins with things brought from the islands of Italy.

Ezekiel 27:25The ships of the sea, were thy chief in thy merchandise : and thou wast replenished, and glorified exceedingly in the heart 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 →

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