Genesis 10:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 10:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Section VIII - The Nations - Japheth 2. גמר gomer , “Gomer, completion; related: complete;” Κιμμέριοι Kimmerioi . מגוג māgôg , “Magog, Caucasian, Skyth.” מדי māday , “Mada...
Genesis 10:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and (b) Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (b) Of Madai and Javan came the Medes and Greeks.
Genesis 10:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10. The Table of Nations. From P and J. To P we may assign Genesis 10:1-7 ; Genesis 10:20 ; Genesis 10:31 f. The rest belongs to J, for the most part to its secondary stratum, with some...
Genesis 10:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. The sons of Japheth - Japheth is supposed to be the same with the Japetus of the Greeks, from whom, in...
Genesis 10:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sons of Japheth— Japheth is here mentioned in his due rank, as the eldest, see Genesis 10:21 . He was known to the Greeks, under the name of Japetus, whom they acknowledge to have been their fathe...
Genesis 10:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. The sons of Japheth. For the meaning of this name, see the note at Genesis 6:10 ; Genesis 9:2...
Genesis 10:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Nations descended from Noah This section gives the origins and situations of the nations of the world, as their relationships were conceived by the early Hebrews. Before passing to the history...
Genesis 10:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The sons of Japheth. — Of these, seven main divisions are enumerated, some of which are subsequently sub-divided; they are — 1. Gomer, whose name reappears in the Cimmerians. Their original set...
Genesis 10:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have a simple and straightforward account of the dispersion of the sons of Noah and their families after the Flood. The descendants of Japheth moved toward the isles or the coastla...
Genesis 10:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The sons of Japheth ,.... Who though mentioned last, the genealogy begins with him, by a figure which rhetoricians call a "chiasm". The posterity of Japheth are those whom Hesiod z often calls ιαπετ...
Genesis 10:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. Ver. 2. The sons of Japheth. ] Not all, but the chief men of renown, Ethnarchs: think the same of th...
Genesis 10:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Moses begins with Japheth's family, either because he was the eldest, or because it lay most remote from Israel, and had least concern with them at the time when he wrote; and therefore he mentions t...
Genesis 10:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DESCENDANTS OF NOAH In this chapter the genealogy of Japheth is given first (vs.1-5). Their history is not pursued in the book of Genesis: their character was that of the energy of independence, a...
Genesis 10:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Generations of Noah. B. C. 2347. 1 Now these are the generations of the sons of No...
Genesis 10:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Japheth s portion was at first Asia the Less, and afterwards by degrees all Europe, and the northern parts of Asia. This is he so much celebrated among the Greeks by the name of Japetus. Gomer s...
Genesis 10:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘The sons of Japheth; Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tirus.' The term ‘sons of' had wide significance in the Ancient Near East. It could mean descended from, connected...
Genesis 10:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 10:1 . Generations] The origins, genesis, or developments; a characteristic note of this book. The whole chapter is a table of the nations which descended from the sons o...
Genesis 10:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Gomercf13\super 1 ), Magog 2), Madai 3), Javan 4), Tubal 5), Meshech 6), and Tiras 7) 1)Progenitor of the ancient Cimerians and Cimbri, from whom are descended the Celtic family. 2)From Mago...
Genesis 10:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 10:2 . The sons of Japhet were Gomer, &c. Japhet is the Iapetos of the Greeks. His blessing Niphtha occasioned him to be called Neptune by the Greeks. Gomer, the father of the Gala...
Genesis 10:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah A chapter of genealogies Many readers might be disposed to undervalue a chapter like this, since it is but a collection of names--some of which...
Genesis 10:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART II . THE POST - DILUVIAN AGE OF THE WORLD . CH . 10:1-11:26. FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALL OF ABRAM . § 5. THE GENERATIONS or THE SONS OF NOAH ( CH . 10:1-11:9)....
Genesis 10:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sons of Japheth
Genesis 10:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 10:21 1 Chronicles 1:5-7 Isaiah 66:19 Ezekiel 27:7 Ezekiel 27:12-14 Ezekiel 27:19 Ezekiel 38:2 Ezekiel 38:6 Ezekiel 38:15 Ezekiel 39:1 Revelation 20:8
Genesis 10:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Moses begins with Japhet's family, either because he was the eldest, or because that lay remotest from Israel, and had least concern with them, at that time when Moses wrote; and therefore he menti...

Genesis 10:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 10:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 10:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 10:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 10:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 10:2 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 10:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 10:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 10:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Genesis 10:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 10:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 10:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 10:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 10:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 10:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes