Genesis

Genesis 10:2–5

2The sons of Japheth:

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

3The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

4And the sons of Javan:

Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.a 5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

Footnotes

  • a 10:4 SP and some MT manuscripts (see also LXX and 1 Chronicles 1:7|1CH 1:7); most MT manuscripts Dodanites

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Genesis 10:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
The sonsבְּנֵ֣יbə·nêNoun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
of Japhethיֶ֔פֶתye·p̄eṯNoun - proper - masculine singularH3315 Jepheth
Gomerגֹּ֣מֶרgō·merNoun - proper - masculine singularH1586 Gomer
Magogוּמָג֔וֹגū·mā·ḡō·wḡConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH4031 Magog
Madaiוּמָדַ֖יū·mā·ḏayConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH4074 Medes, Media
Javanוְיָוָ֣ןwə·yā·wānConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH3120 Ionia(ns), Greece
Tubalוְתֻבָ֑לwə·ṯu·ḇālConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH8422 Tubal
Meshechוּמֶ֖שֶׁךְū·me·šeḵConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH4902 the Moschi
and Tirasוְתִירָֽס׃wə·ṯî·rāsConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH8494 Tiras

Genesis 10:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
The sonsוּבְנֵ֖יū·ḇə·nêConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
of Gomerגֹּ֑מֶרgō·merNoun - proper - masculine singularH1586 Gomer
Ashkenazאַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז’aš·kă·nazNoun - proper - masculine singularH813 Ashkenaz
Riphathוְרִיפַ֖תwə·rî·p̄aṯConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH7384 Riphath
and Togarmahוְתֹגַרְמָֽה׃wə·ṯō·ḡar·māhConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH8425 Togarmah

Genesis 10:4

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
And the sonsוּבְנֵ֥יū·ḇə·nêConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural constructH1121 son
of Javanיָוָ֖ןyā·wānNoun - proper - masculine singularH3120 Ionia(ns), Greece
Elishahאֱלִישָׁ֣ה’ĕ·lî·šāhNoun - proper - masculine singularH473 Elishah
Tarshishוְתַרְשִׁ֑ישׁwə·ṯar·šîšConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singularH8659 Tarshish
the Kittitesכִּתִּ֖יםkit·tîmNoun - proper - masculine singularH3794 Cypriotes
and the Rodanitesוְדֹדָנִֽים׃wə·ḏō·ḏā·nîmConjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine pluralH1721 Dodanites

Genesis 10:5

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
From theseמֵ֠אֵלֶּהmê·’êl·lehPreposition-m; Pronoun - common pluralH428 these
the maritimeאִיֵּ֤י’î·yêNoun - masculine plural constructH339 coast, region
peoplesהַגּוֹיִם֙hag·gō·w·yimArticle; Noun - masculine pluralH1471 nation, people
separatedנִפְרְד֞וּnip̄·rə·ḏūVerb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common pluralH6504 divide
into their territoriesבְּאַרְצֹתָ֔םbə·’ar·ṣō·ṯāmPreposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine pluralH776 earth, land
according to their languagesלִלְשֹׁנ֑וֹlil·šō·nōwPreposition-l; Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine singularH3956 tongue
by clansלְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖םlə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯāmPreposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine pluralH4940 clan
within their nationsבְּגוֹיֵהֶֽם׃bə·ḡō·w·yê·hemPreposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine pluralH1471 nation, people

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Genesis 10:2 Ezekiel 38:2 · Ezekiel 38:6 · 1 Chronicles 1:5–7 · Revelation 20:8 · Isaiah 66:19 · Ezekiel 39:1

Genesis 10:4 Isaiah 23:1 · Isaiah 23:12 · Daniel 11:30 · Numbers 24:24

Genesis 10:5 Zephaniah 2:11 · Isaiah 42:4 · Jeremiah 2:10 · Genesis 10:20 · Jeremiah 25:22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.