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(A)The descendants of Japheth: Gomer,[a] Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras.(B) The descendants of Gomer: Ashkenaz,[b] Diphath and Togarmah.

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  1. 10:2 Gomer: the Cimmerians; Madai: the Medes; Javan: the Greeks.
  2. 10:3 Ashkenaz: an Indo-European people, which later became the medieval rabbinic name for Germany. It now designates one of the great divisions of Judaism, Eastern European Yiddish-speaking Jews.

The Japhethites(A)

The sons[a] of Japheth:

Gomer,(B) Magog,(C) Madai, Javan,(D) Tubal,(E) Meshek(F) and Tiras.

The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz,(G) Riphath and Togarmah.(H)

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  1. Genesis 10:2 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.

The descendants of Ham: Cush,[a] Mizraim, Put and Canaan.

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  1. 10:6 Cush: biblical Ethiopia, modern Nubia. Mizraim: Lower (i.e., northern) Egypt; Put: either Punt in East Africa or Libya.