Genesis 10:4

Genesis 10:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Context of Genesis 10:4

2These are the sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. 3These are the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. These are the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim people and the Rodanim people. 5These people lived by the sea. They lived in groups. Each group went to live in a different place. Each group spoke its own language. 6These are the sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

Genesis 10:4 word by word

וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּתִּ֖ים וְדֹדָנִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Javanיָוָןyâvân · JavanH3120
• Elishahאֱלִישָׁה'ĕlîyshâh · ElishahH473
• and Tarshishתַּרְשִׁישׁtarshîysh · TarshishH8659
• Kittimכִּתִּיkittîy kittîyîy · KittimH3794
• and Dodanimרוֹדָנִיםdôdânîym rôdânîym · DodanimH1721

Cross-references for Genesis 10:4

• Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the coast of Cyprus island. Their soldiers will attack Assyria and Eber. Then God will destroy them too.’
• Isaiah 23:1This is a message about Tyre. Weep aloud, you people in the great ships of Tarshish. An enemy has destroyed the port and the houses of Tyre. They heard this news in Cyprus.
• Daniel 11:30People will come in ships from the west to attack him. He will be afraid and he will turn back. He will be angry as he travels home. So he will cause more trouble for the people who obey God's covenant. He will give honour to those people who turn away from the holy covenant.

Commentaries on Genesis 10:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Elishah - As Javan peopled a considerable part of Greece, it is in that region that we must seek for the settlements of his descendants; Elishah probably was the first who settled at Elis, in Peloponnesus. Tarshish - He first inhabited Cilicia, whose capital anciently was the city of Tarsus, where the Apostle Paul was born. Kittim - We have already seen that this name was rather the name of a people than of an individual: some think by Kittim Cyprus is…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. 4Elishah is probably Cyprus. Tarshish might be southwest Spain (see study note on Jonah 1:3). The Kittites lived in southern Cyprus. The Rodanites lived on the island of Rhodes, which later became part of Greece.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 10:4

• Chittim
• Dodanim
• Elishah
• Japheth
• Javan
• Tarshish

In the dictionaries

• Tarshish
• Arabia
• Canaanites
• Chittim
• Dodanim
• Elishah
• Greece
• Ham
• Japheth
• Kittim

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