Genesis 10:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

isles. coast-lands (Isaiah 42:15).

in their. these were the sons of Japheth in their, &c. For these fourfold divisions Compare Genesis 10:5; Genesis 10:20; Genesis 10:31.Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 10:11; Revelation 11:9; Revelation 13:7; Revelation 14:6; Revelation 17:15. ten occurrences (App-10). N. B. In Revelation 13:7 all critical texts add "and people". N. B. The same divisions seen in Israel. In Genesis "families"; in Exodus "tongue"; in Numbers. "nation"; in Deut. the "land" (in Leviticus the Sanctuary as being apart from the Earth).

Genesis 10:5

5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.