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Genesis 10:4 KJV
Genesis · chapter 10 · verse 4
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.Genesis 10:4 · King James Version
Genesis 10:4 in context
2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
6And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- TarshishTarshîyshTarshish, a place on the Mediterranean, hence, the ephithet of a merchant vesselH8659 →
- ElishahʼĔlîyshâhElishah, a son of JavanH473 →
- 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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Moses begins with Japheth's family, either because he was the eldest, or because his family lay remotest from Israel and had least concern with them at the time when Moses wrote, and therefore he mentions that race very briefly, hastening to give an account of the posterity of Ham, who were Israel's enemies and of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5