1 Chronicles 1:5

1 Chronicles 1:5 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 1 Chronicles 1:5

3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth. The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. 6The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. 7The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.

1 Chronicles 1:5 word by word

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

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

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:5

• Genesis 10:1Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood.
• Ezekiel 27:13Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they were your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.
• Ezekiel 38:2“Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him
• Ezekiel 39:1“And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal;

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5After Tiras, the Targum adds, "And the names of their countries were Africa, and Germany, and Media, and Macedonia, Bithynia, and Maesia, and Thrace." And in another copy, "Germany, Getia, and Media, and Ephesus, Bithynia, and Maesia, and Thrace."Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-23The record of Noah’s descendants shows Abraham’s place in history. The ethnic background of the seventy nations gives context to Israel’s history (compare Genesis 10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-234-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 1:5

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

In the dictionaries

• Japheth
• Meshech
• Tubal
• Magog
• Tiras
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Gomer (1)
• Javan
• Medes

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1

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