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

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The Japhethites(A)

The sons[a] of Japheth:

Gomer,(B) Magog,(C) Madai, Javan,(D) Tubal,(E) Meshek(F) and Tiras.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:2 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 3, 4, 6, 7, 20-23, 29 and 31.

13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their births: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth(A) the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar,(B) Adbeel, Mibsam,

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28 Concerning Kedar [a tribe of nomad Arabs] and concerning the kingdoms of [a]Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite: Thus says the Lord [to him]: Arise, go up against Kedar and destroy the sons of the east.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 49:28 This Hazor is not to be confused with three others mentioned elsewhere (Josh. 11:1; 15:23; Neh. 11:33). It was a region in the Arabian Desert east of Palestine. Jeremiah’s prophecy concerning it was literally fulfilled. Nebuchadnezzar conquered Arabia, according to historians, and Hazor’s exact situation is long since unknown. Hazor is also known as that part of the Arab nation which used fixed dwellings in unwalled towns, in contrast to nomad Arabs.

A Message About Kedar and Hazor

28 Concerning Kedar(A) and the kingdoms of Hazor,(B) which Nebuchadnezzar(C) king of Babylon attacked:

This is what the Lord says:

“Arise, and attack Kedar
    and destroy the people of the East.(D)

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29 Their tents and their flocks shall they [the Chaldeans] take—their tent hangings and all their utensils and their camels. And men shall cry to them, Terror on every side!(A)

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29 Their tents and their flocks(A) will be taken;
    their shelters will be carried off
    with all their goods and camels.
People will shout to them,
    ‘Terror(B) on every side!’

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