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Gomer’s descendants included Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

Javan’s descendants included Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim,[a] from whom the coastal nations[b] spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups.

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  1. Genesis 10:4 So MT; LXX and a Heb. mss. read Rodanim; Cf. 1Chr 1:7
  2. Genesis 10:5 Lit. peoples

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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  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