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1 Chronicles 1:7 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 1 · verse 7
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.1 Chronicles 1:7 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 1:7 in context
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.
8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- TarshishTarshîyshTarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vesselH8659 →
- ElishahʼĔlîyshâhElishah, a son of JavanH473 →
- DodanimDôdânîymDodanites, or descendants of a son of JavanH1721 →
- KittimKittîya Kittite or CyprioteH3794 →
- JavanYâvânJavan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (IoniansH3120 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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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