Genesis 10:5
The descendants of these ancestors spread throughout the coastal areas, each group having their own language, with their families developing into different nations.
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4The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Cross References
Genesis 9:19All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.
Genesis 10:25Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, because in his time the earth was divided; the name of his brother was Joktan.
Genesis 11:1At that time the whole world spoke just one language and used words with the same meaning.
Genesis 11:9That's why it was called Babel, because the Lord made the language of the world confused.
Esther 10:1King Xerxes imposed taxes throughout the empire, even to its most distant shores.
Isaiah 11:11At that time the Lord will act a second time to bring back the remnant of His people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Babylonia, Hamath, and from the Mediterranean islands.
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 →