1 Chronicles 1:6

1 Chronicles 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

Context of 1 Chronicles 1:6

4The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham and Japheth. 5The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras. The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. 7The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. 8The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.

1 Chronicles 1:6 word by word

וּבְנֵ֖י גֹּ֑מֶר אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז וְדִיפַ֖ת וְתוֹגַרְמָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Gomerגֹּ֫מֶרgômer · GomerH1586
• Ashchenazאַשְׁכְּנַז'ashkenaz · AshkenazH813
• and Riphathדִּיפַתrîyphath · RiphathH7384
• and Togarmahתֹּגַרְמָהtôgarmâh tôgarmâh · TogarmahH8425

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 1:6

• Genesis 10:3The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 1:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6To this verse the Targum adds, "And the names of their countries were Asia, and Persia, and Barbary.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 1:6

• Ashkenaz
• Genealogy
• Gomer
• Japheth
• Riphath
• Togarmah

In the dictionaries

• Armenia
• Chronicles, Books of
• Diphath
• Genealogy
• North; North Country
• Riphath
• Semites, Semitic Religion
• Ashchenaz
• Meshech

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