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1 Chronicles 1:5 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 1 · verse 5
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.1 Chronicles 1:5 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 1:5 in context
3Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JaphethYephethJepheth, a son of NoahH3315 →
- MeshechMeshekMeshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from himH4902 →
- GomerGômerGomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendantsH1586 →
- MagogMâgôwgMagog, a son of JaphethH4031 →
- MadaiMâdayMadai, a country of central AsiaH4074 →
- JavanYâvânJavan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (IoniansH3120 →
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This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself lived. Adam was the common father of our flesh, Abraham the common father of the faithful.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-27