Genesis 10:5
From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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4And the sons of Javan, Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, Rodanim.
6And the sons of Ham, Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Cross References
Genesis 9:19These three are the sons of Noah, of these were men scattered over all the earth.
Genesis 10:25And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one, Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother Joktan.
Genesis 11:1And all the earth was one lip, and there was one language to all.
Genesis 11:9On this account its name was called Confusion, because there the Lord confounded the languages of all the earth, and thence the Lord scattered them upon the face of all the earth.
Isaiah 11:11And it shall be in that day, that the Lord shall again show his hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and that from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.
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 →