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: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

1 Chronicles 1:5 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י יֶ֔פֶת גֹּ֣מֶר וּמָג֔וֹג וּמָדַ֖י וְיָוָ֣ן וְתֻבָ֑ל וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ וְתִירָֽס׃ סRead 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 1 Chronicles 1:5

• Genesis 10:1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
• Ezekiel 27:13Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise.
• Ezekiel 38:2“Son of man, turn toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
• Ezekiel 39:1“As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of 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
• Meshech; Mesech
• Magog
• Tiras
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Gomer (1)
• Javan

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