Genesis 10:5
From these the coastland peoples separated and went into their lands, every one with its own language, according to their clans, by their nations.
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4The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
6The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Cross References
Genesis 9:19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
Genesis 10:25Eber had two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan.
Genesis 11:1Now the whole earth used one language and had the same words.
Genesis 11:9Therefore, its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth and from there Yahweh scattered them abroad over the surface of all the earth.
Esther 10:1Then King Ahasuerus imposed a tax on the land and on the coastlands along the sea.
Isaiah 11:11On that day, the Lord will again extend his hand 1 to recover the remnant of his people who remain in Assyria, Egypt, 1 Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the islands of the sea. 1
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 →