Genesis 10:4

The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

5Those sons and their families who were descended from Javan lived on the islands and on the land close to the Mediterranean Sea. Their descendants became tribes, each with its own language and clans and territory.

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:1I received this message from Yahweh about Tyre city: You sailors on [APO] ships from Tarshish, weep, because the harbor of Tyre and all the houses in the city have been destroyed. The reports that you heard in Cyprus island about Tyre are true.

Ezekiel 27:6They carved your oars from oak trees from the Bashan region. They made the deck from cypress/pine wood from Cyprus island, and they covered the decks with ivory.

Ezekiel 27:25Cargo ships from Tarshish carried all those things that you traded; and the warehouses on your island were full of all those things.’”

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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