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The sons of Gomer [C ancestor of the Cimmerians] were Ashkenaz [C ancestor of the Scythians], Riphath, and Togarmah.

The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim [C ancestor of the people of Cyprus], and ·Rodanim [L Dodanim; see 1 Chr. 1:7]. ·Those who lived in the lands around the Mediterranean Sea [L The people of the coastlands] ·came [spread] from these sons of Japheth. All the ·families [clans] grew and became different nations, each nation with its own land and its own language.

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The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz,(A) Riphath and Togarmah.(B)

The sons of Javan:

Elishah,(C) Tarshish,(D) the Kittites(E) and the Rodanites.[a] (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:4 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Septuagint and 1 Chron. 1:7); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Dodanites