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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 10:1-32

Genesis 10:2. The sons of Japhet were Gomer, &c. Japhet is the Iapetos of the Greeks. His blessing Niphtha occasioned him to be called Neptune by the Greeks. Gomer, the father of the Galatinians, or Galatians. Magog, father of the Scythians, north of the Euxine. Ezekiel 38:15. Madai, father of the Medes. Javan, the Prometheus of the Greeks; and Janus, father of the Ionians. Tubal, father of the Iberians, or ancient Spaniards, and others north of the Mediterranean sea. ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 10:1-32

Genesis 10:1-32Now these are the generations of the sons of NoahA chapter of genealogiesMany readers might be disposed to undervalue a chapter like this, since it is but a collection of names--some of which are quite unknown--and is made up of barren details promising little material for profitable reflection.Yet a thoughtful reader will be interested here, and discover the germs and suggestions of great truths; for the subject is man, and man, too, considered in reference to God’s great... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 10:4

Gen 10:4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. Ver. 4. Elishah. ] Whence the Eolians. Tarshish. ] Whence the Cilicians, where Tarsus (Paul’s country) was. Kittim. ] Whence the Macedonians. Num 24:24 Dan 11:30 Dodanim. ] Whence the Epirotes (Scanderberg’s country), where stands the city Dodaena. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 10:5

Gen 10:5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. Ver. 5. By these were the isles of the Gentiles. ] That is, the countries of Europe and Asia the Less, inhabited by Japheth’s posterity. Europe hath its name, in Greek, a from the latitude and large surface of it, which answers well to the name of Japheth (signifying enlargement), who, together with his offspring, was, by God’s appointment, to rule there... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 10:4

am 1666, bc 2338 Kittim: Numbers 24:24, Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 23:12, Daniel 11:30, Chittim Dodanim: or, Rodanim Reciprocal: 1 Kings 10:22 - Tharshish Isaiah 24:15 - isles Isaiah 66:19 - Tarshish Jeremiah 2:10 - the isles Ezekiel 27:6 - the isles Ezekiel 27:7 - Elishah Ezekiel 27:12 - General Ezekiel 27:13 - Javan Daniel 11:18 - the isles read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 10:5

am 1757, bc 2247 isles: Genesis 10:25, Psalms 72:10, Isaiah 24:15, Isaiah 40:15, Isaiah 41:5, Isaiah 42:4, Isaiah 42:10, Isaiah 49:1, Isaiah 51:5, Isaiah 59:18, Isaiah 60:9, Jeremiah 2:10, Jeremiah 25:22, Zephaniah 2:11 after his: Genesis 10:20, Genesis 11:1-1 Samuel : Reciprocal: Genesis 10:31 - General Genesis 11:7 - may Genesis 11:9 - Babel Esther 10:1 - the isles Psalms 97:1 - let the multitude of isles Isaiah 11:11 - the islands Jeremiah 31:10 - declare Jeremiah 46:1 - against Daniel... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 10:5

By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.The posterity of Japheth were allotted to the isles of the Gentiles, which were solemnly, by lot, after a survey, divided among them, and probably this island of ours among the rest. All places beyond the sea, from Judea, are called isles, Jeremiah 25:22, and this directs us to understand that promise, Isaiah 42:4, the isles shall wait for his law, of the... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 10:4

4. Sons of Javan Rather, Yavan, the Ionian families . Elishah The AEolians, (Elis,) who occupied three fourths of Greece, and spread to the coasts and isles of Asia Minor. (Josephus, Knobel.) Tarshish A famous commercial people well known to the sacred and classic writers, (Isaiah, Ezekiel, Strabo, Herodotus,) whence the Greek Tartessus and Tartessis, a town and region in southern Spain at the mouth of the Guadalquivir. According to Herodotus, Tartessus was settled by a colony of... read more