1 Chronicles 1:6 BSB

1 Chronicles 1:6

The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

KJV

And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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Commentary

2 voices

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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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

To this verse the Targum adds, “And the names of their countries were Asia, and Persia, and Barbary.

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Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבְנֵ֖י	u.ve.Nei	and [the] sons of	H1121 →
גֹּ֑מֶר	Go.mer	Gomer	H1586 →
אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז	'ash.ka.Naz	Ashkenaz	H813 →
וְדִיפַ֖ת	ve.di.Fat	and Diphath	H7384 →
וְתוֹגַרְמָֽה׃	ve.to.gar.Mah	and Togarmah	H8425 →

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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
Genesis 10:3
The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
leads to
- Ezekiel 27:14
  The men of Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.
- Jeremiah 51:27
  “Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses…

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Chronicles