1 Chronicles 1:5 BSB

1 Chronicles 1:5

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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ASV

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

KJV

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The sons of Japheth, Gomer,.... Here begins the genealogy of the sons of Noah after the flood; of the sons of Japheth the elder, in this and the two following verses; next of the sons of Ham, the younger brother, 1Ch 1:8, then of Shem, whose posterity are mentioned last, because from him, in the line of Heber, sprang Abraham, the ancestor of the Jewish nation, of whom the Messiah was to come, for whose sake this genealogy is given, 1Ch 1:17. The whole is the same with the account in Gen 10:1.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

After Tiras, the Targum adds, “And the names of their countries were Africa, and Germany, and Media, and Macedonia, Bithynia, and Maesia, and Thrace.” And in another copy, “Germany, Getia, and Media, and Ephesus, Bithynia, and Maesia, and Thrace.”

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
יֶ֔פֶת	Ye.fet	Japheth	H3315 →
גֹּ֣מֶר	Go.mer	Gomer	H1586 →
וּמָג֔וֹג	u.ma.Gog	and Magog	H4031 →
וּמָדַ֖י	u.ma.Dai	and Madai	H4074 →
וְיָוָ֣ן	ve.ya.Van	and Javan	H3120 →
וְתֻבָ֑ל	ve.tu.Val	and Tubal	H8422 →
וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְ	u.Me.shekh	and Meshech	H4902 →
וְתִירָֽס׃ ס	ve.ti.Ras	and Tiras	H8494 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 27:13
Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your merchants. They exchanged slaves and bronze utensils for your merchandise.
leads to
- Genesis 10:2
  The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- Isaiah 66:19
  I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who…
- Ezekiel 39:1
  “As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
- Revelation 18:13
  of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.
Through
Ezekiel 39:1
“As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.
leads to
- Ezekiel 38:2–3
  “Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him
- Ezekiel 35:3
  and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.
Through
Ezekiel 38:6
as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
leads to
- Ezekiel 27:14
  The men of Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.
- Genesis 10:2–3
  The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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About 1 Chronicles