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Gen. 10:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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Gen. 10:21• ²¹Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. (Gen. 10:21)

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1 Chron. 1:5‑7• ⁵The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
⁶And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
⁷And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. (1 Chron. 1:5‑7)

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Isa. 66:19• ¹⁹And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. (Isa. 66:19)

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Ezek. 27:7,12‑14,19• ⁷Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee.
¹²Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.
¹³Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
¹⁴They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
¹⁹Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. (Ezek. 27:7,12‑14,19)

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Ezek. 38:2,6,15• ²Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
⁶Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
¹⁵And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: (Ezek. 38:2,6,15)

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Ezek. 39:1• ¹Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: (Ezek. 39:1)

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Rev. 20:8• ⁸And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. (Rev. 20:8)

• IT will be noticed that the order of Noah's sons is now changed. Japheth has the first place, when we come to genealogic survey; and this is even explained when we arrive at the line of Shem (ver. 21), who for spiritual reasons had been uniformly set in that place of honor hitherto, even Ham being otherwise put before Japheth. That many Jews, followed by others, should overlook the spirit of scripture, in their zeal for the progenitor of the chosen people, is easily understood; but some weighed the word with more care and less prejudice. So Nachmanides remarks that the enumeration begins with Y (“Genesis 10:2” by W. Kelly)

• F. Schlegel ... gave the name Indo-Germanic to the Aryan tongues of ancient Persia (the Zend), Greece, Italy, and Germany. He might have included quite as surely Celtic, Scandinavian, and Sclavonian under the wider generalization of Indo-European. They were the tongues of the Japhetic or, as moderns speak, the Aryan families. (“Genesis 10:2” by W. Kelly)

• There remains but Tiras, which from the likeness of the name has been generally believed to mean the representative of the Thracians. Though they lacked cohesion and persevering purpose and so made little mark politically, it is well to remember that Herodotus set them next to the Indians as the most considerable nation in his day. (“Genesis 10:2” by W. Kelly)

• That Magog and Madai had sons cannot be doubted, for we hear of their posterity to the latest times as well as of Tubal and Meshech; and as little can we doubt of Tiras. But it did not here fall within the design to give details of more. (“Genesis 10:5” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madaie, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

JND Translation Notes

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Media, or Medes.

W. Kelly Translation

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Sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.