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Genesis 10:5 KJV
Genesis · chapter 10 · verse 5
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.Genesis 10:5 · King James Version
Genesis 10:5 in context
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.
7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Gentilesgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- familiesmishpâchâha familyH4940 →
- tonguelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- islesʼîyproperly, a habitable spotH339 →
- landsʼeretsthe earthH776 →
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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