Genesis 10:2-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 10:4

And the sons of Javan; Elizhah . The isles of Elishah are praised by Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 27:7 ) for their blue and purple; supposed to have been Elis in the Peloponnesus, famous for its purple dyes (Bochart); AE olis (Josephus, Knobel); Hellas (Michaelis, Rosenmüller, Kalisch); without doubt a maritime people of Grecian stock ('Speaker's Commentary'). And Tarshish. Tarsus in Cilicia (Josephus); but rather Tartessus in Spain (Eusehius, Michaelis, Bochart, Kalisch). Biblical notices... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 10:1-5

- Section VIII - The Nations- Japheth2. גמר gomer, “Gomer, completion; related: complete;” Κιμμέριοι Kimmerioi. מגוג māgôg, “Magog, Caucasian, Skyth.” מדי māday, “Madai, middle: Mede.” יון yāvān, “Javan”; Ἰάων Iaōn; “Sanskrit, Javana; Old Persian, Juna.” תבל tubāl, “Tubal”; Τιβαρηνοὶ Tibareenoi. משׁך meshek, “Meshek, drawing possession, valor”; Μόσχοι Moschoi, תירס tı̂yrās, “Tiras;” Θρᾷξ Thrax.3. אשׁכנו 'ashkenaz, “Ashkenaz,” Ἀσκάνιος Askanios. ריפת rı̂ypat, “Riphath,” ὄρη... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 10:2

Genesis 10:2. Moses begins with Japheth’s family, either because he was the eldest, or because it lay most remote from Israel, and had least concern with them at the time when he wrote; and therefore he mentions that race very briefly; hastening to give account of the posterity of Ham, who were Israel’s enemies, and of Shem, who were Israel’s ancestors: for it is the church of which the Scripture is designed to be the history: and of the nations of the world, only as they were some way or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 10:1-32

10:1-11:26 GENEALOGIES FROM NOAH TO ABRAMNations descended from Noah (10:1-32)This genealogy must have been written hundreds of years after the time of Noah, when his descendants had multiplied and moved to many places. By that time differences in language, race and culture were noticeable. The purpose of the listing here is to trace the origin of these groups, not to name every single descendant of Noah.Again the genealogy is simplified, being based on a selection of seventy descendants. Most... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 10:1-4

Here we shall vary a little from our usual method. Instead of writing in full each of the 32 verses, we shall give a chart setting forth visually the descent of all nations from Noah's three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.JAPHETHGOMER Descendants of Gomer have been assigned tothe Caspian and Black Sea areas (Pulpit Commentary),and to Germany (Teachers' Bible Commentary).Ashkenaz Wales, Brittany (Old Testament Commentary);Germany (Flavius Josephus).Riphath North Europe (Old Testament... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 10:2

Genesis 10:2. Sons of Japheth— Japheth is here mentioned in his due rank, as the eldest, see Genesis 10:21. He was known to the Greeks, under the name of Japetus, whom they acknowledge to have been their father: more ancient than Japetus, was a proverb among them, for any thing whose origin could not be known. Japheth had seven sons: Gomer, who inhabited Phrygia; Magog, Scythia; Madai, Media; Javan, Ionia and Greece; Tubal, Tibarene; Meshech, Moschiah; Tiras, Thrace. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 10:3

Genesis 10:3. Sons of Gomer— Who were three: Ashkenaz, inhabited Bythinia and Troas; Ripkath, Paphlagonia and the Riphaean mountains; Togarmah, Cappadocia. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 10:4

Genesis 10:4. Sons of Javan— Who were four: Elishah, inhabited Elis and Peloponnesus; Tarshish, Cilicia, whose capital was Tarsus; Kittim, Macedonia; Dodanim, or Rhodanim, Epirus. Bochart observes, that Rhodanim peopled France, and gave its name to the river Rhodanus. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 10:1-9

E. What became of Noah’s sons 10:1-11:9This section gives in some detail the distribution of Noah’s descendants over the earth after the Flood (cf. Genesis 9:18-19).This fourth toledot section (Genesis 10:1 to Genesis 11:9) brings the inspired record of primeval events to a climax and provides a transition to the patriarchal narratives. All the nations of the world in their various lands with their different languages descended from Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Of special interest to the original... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 10:1-32

The Nations descended from NoahThis section gives the origins and situations of the nations of the world, as their relationships were conceived by the early Hebrews. Before passing to the history of the chosen race, the author traces the ties by which the rest of mankind are united with his own people, and shows the position of Israel among the nations. Each nation is regarded as a unity, and is summed up in the person of its supposed ancestor. The nations being treated as individuals, it... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 10:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 10:1-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 10:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 10:1-32

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 10:1-4

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 10:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 10:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 10:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 10:1-9

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 10:1-32

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