Also the sons of Javan, Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Of these were the [a]isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands, every man after his tongue, and after their families in their nations.

¶ Moreover, the sons of Ham were [b]Cush, and Mizraim, and Put, and Canaan.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 10:5 The Jews so call all countries which are separated from them by sea, as Greece, Italy, etc, which were given to the children of Japheth, of whom came the Gentiles.
  2. Genesis 10:6 Of Cush and Mizraim came the Ethiopians and Egyptians.

The sons of Javan:

Elishah,(A) Tarshish,(B) the Kittites(C) 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.)(D)

The Hamites(E)

The sons of Ham:

Cush,(F) Egypt, Put(G) and Canaan.(H)

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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