Genesis 10:5
From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
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In Context
4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Cross References
Genesis 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
Genesis 10:25Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.
Genesis 11:1Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
Genesis 11:9That is why it is called Babel, for there the LORD confused the language of the whole world, and from that place the LORD scattered them over the face of all the earth.
Esther 10:1Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, 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 →