Genesis 10:5
From these, were dispersed [the inhabitants] of the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each man by his tongue, by their families in their nations.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
4And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish. Kittim, and Rodanim,—
6And, the sons of Ham: Cush and Mizraim and Phut and Canaan.
Cross References
Genesis 9:19These three, were the sons of Noah,—and from these, was all the earth overspread.
Genesis 10:25And to Eber, were born two sons,—the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days, was the earth divided, and the name of his brother was Joktan.
Genesis 11:1So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech,—and of one stock of words.
Genesis 11:9For this cause, was the name thereof called Babel [="Confusion"]; because there, did Yahweh confuse the speech of all the earth,—and, from thence, did Yahweh scatter them abroad, over the face of all the earth.
Esther 10:1And King Ahasuerus laid tribute upon the land, and upon the shores of the sea.
Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, That My Lord will again a second time set his hand, to possess himself of the remnant of his people,—who shall be left—from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Ethiopia and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the Coastlands 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 →