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Gomer’s descendants were
    Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
Javan’s descendants were
    the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.[a]

From these descendants the people of the coastlands spread into their own countries. Each nation had its own language and families.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:4 1 Chronicles 1:7, Samaritan Pentateuch, Greek; Masoretic Text “the Dodanim.”

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