Genesis 10:1
These were the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
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2The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Cross References
Genesis 5:1This is the record of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created mankind, he made them in his own likeness.
Genesis 6:9These were the events concerning Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
Genesis 9:7As for you, be fruitful and multiply, spread throughout the earth and multiply on it.”
1 Chronicles 1:1Adam, Seth, Enosh,
Matthew 1:1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 10:1
This chapter shows more particularly what was said in general ( ch. ix. 19 ), concerning the three sons of Noah, that "of them was the whole earth overspread;" and the fruit of that blessing ( ch. ix. 1 , 7 ), "replenish the earth." Is is the only certain account extant of the origin of nations; and yet perhaps there is no nation but that of the Jews that can be confident from which of these seventy fountains (for so many there are here) it derives its streams. Through the want of early records, the mixtures of… Read the whole commentary →