Genesis 10:2

Genesis 10:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

Context of Genesis 10:2

1This is the report about Noah's sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, and their families. After the deep water went away, they all had children themselves. These are the sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. 3These are the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. 4These are the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim people and the Rodanim people.

Genesis 10:2 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Japhethיֶ֫פֶתyepheth · JaphethH3315
• Gomerגֹּ֫מֶרgômer · GomerH1586
• and Magogמָגוֹגmâgôg · MagogH4031
• and Madaiמָדַיmâday · MadaiH4074
• and Javanיָוָןyâvân · JavanH3120
• and Tubalתּוּבַלtûbal tûbal · TubalH8422
• and Meshechמֶ֫שֶׁךְmeshek · MeshechH4902
• and Tirasתִּירָ֑סtîyrâs · TirasH8494

Cross-references for Genesis 10:2

• Genesis 10:21Shem also had sons. Shem was Japheth's older brother. All the sons of Eber are descendants of Shem.
• 1 Chronicles 1:5Japheth's sons were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.
• Isaiah 66:19I will do a great thing among them, to show them my power. I will send some of the people who are still alive to other nations. They will go to: Tarshish, Libya, Lydia (where their soldiers shoot arrows very well), Tubal, Greece, and lands far away, where people have never heard about me and they do not know how great I am. Those people will tell other nations about my great glory.’
• Ezekiel 27:7They used good linen from Egypt to make your sail. They made it pretty with many colours. The sail was like a flag that everyone could see. They made tents of cloth to cover your deck. It was blue and purple cloth that came from Cyprus island.
• Ezekiel 38:2‘Son of man, turn and look towards Gog, in the land of Magog. He is the most important prince of Meshech and Tubal. Speak my message to warn him.
• Ezekiel 39:1‘Son of man, you must tell my message to Gog to warn him. Say to him, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Listen! I am your enemy, Gog, prince of Meshech and Tubal.
• Revelation 20:8Satan will then go and deceive people in nations everywhere in the world. He will make them believe him. Those nations are God's enemies, Gog and Magog. Satan will bring them together to fight a war against God's people. Satan's army has many people, as much as the sand on the shore of the sea.

Commentaries on Genesis 10:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The sons of Japheth - Japheth is supposed to be the same with the Japetus of the Greeks, from whom, in an extremely remote antiquity, that people were supposed to have derived their origin. Gomer - Supposed by some to have peopled Galatia; so Josephus, who says that the Galatians were anciently named Gomerites. From him the Cimmerians or Cimbrians are supposed to have derived their origin. Bochart has no doubt that the Phrygians sprang from this person…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-5Verses 1-5 - Section VIII - The Nations - Japheth 2. גמר gomer “Gomer, completion; related: complete;” ́ Kimmerioi מגוג māgôg “Magog, Caucasian, Skyth.” מדי māday “Madai, middle: Mede.” יון yāvān “Javan”; ̓́ Iaōn “Sanskrit, Javana; Old Persian, Juna.” תבל tubāl “Tubal”; ̀ Tibareenoi משׁך meshek “Meshek, drawing possession, valor”; ́ Moschoi תירס tı̂yrās “Tiras;” ͂ͅ Thrax אשׁכנו 'ashkenaz “Ashkenaz,” ̓́ Askanios ריפת rı̂ypat “Riphath,” ̓́ ̔́ oree…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The seven sons of Japheth settled in the region of Anatolia (the western plateau lands of Turkey) and spoke Indo-European languages. Gomer was the ancestor of the Cimmerians, who lived north of the Black Sea. Magog probably was the ancestor of those who settled in Lydia (see Ezekiel 38:2). The descendants of Madai became the Medes of northwest Iran (see 2 Kings 17:6; Jeremiah 51:11; Daniel 5:28). The descendants of Javan were the Ionian Greeks. The…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-321. sons of Noah--The historian has not arranged this catalogue according to seniority of birth; for the account begins with the descendants of Japheth, and the line of Ham is given before that of Shem though he is expressly said to be the youngest or younger son of Noah; and Shem was the elder brother of Japheth (Ge 10:21), the true rendering of that passage. generations, &c.--the narrative of the settlement of nations existing in the time of Moses…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 10:2

• Gomer
• Japheth
• Javan
• Madai
• Magog
• Meshech
• Tiras
• Tubal

In the dictionaries

• Japheth
• Meshech
• Tubal
• Meshech; Mesech
• Arabia
• Canaanites
• Dodanim
• Gomer
• Greece
• Ham

Commentaries on Genesis 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings