God’s Word Translation
Genesis 10:4
4Javan’s descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.
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
2Japheth’s descendants were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3Gomer’s descendants were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. Javan’s descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes. 5From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families. 6Ham’s descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
Read all of Genesis 10Genesis 10:4 word by word
וּבְנֵ֥י יָוָ֖ן אֱלִישָׁ֣ה וְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁ כִּתִּ֖ים וְדֹדָנִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Genesis 10:4
- Numbers 24:24Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus. They will conquer Assyria and Eber. But they, too, will be totally destroyed.”
- Isaiah 23:1This is the divine revelation about Tyre. Cry loudly, you ships of Tarshish! Your port at Tyre is destroyed. Word has come to the ships from Cyprus.
- Daniel 11:30Ships will come from the west to attack him, and he will be discouraged and turn back. Angry at the holy promise, he will return, take action, and favor those who abandon the holy promise.
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
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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
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