Genesis 10:5
From the descendants of these were the peoples of the coasts and islands divided in their lands, each with its own language, after their families, in their nations.
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4The sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
6The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.
Cross References
Genesis 9:19The descendants of these three sons of Noah spread over the whole earth.
Genesis 10:25To 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 11:1All the inhabitants of the earth had one language and vocabulary;
Genesis 11:9That is why they named it Babel, for there the Lord confused the language of all the inhabitants of earth and scattered them over the whole world.
Esther 10:1King Ahasuerus imposed a tribute on the land and the coasts.
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 →