Genesis 10:2

 Genesis 10:2

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

a. NLT: The descendants of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: 'Sons of Japheth are Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

d. Classic Amplified: The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

e. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE TANACH--STUDENT SIZE EDITION Copyright 1996, 1998 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

1. “The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.”

a. [The] sons [Strong: 1121 ben bane from 1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+ afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]

b. [of] Japheth [Strong:  3315 Yepheth yeh'-feth from 6601; expansion; Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterity:--Japheth.]

c. Gomer [Strong: 1586 Gomer go'-mer from 1584; completion; Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendants; also of a Hebrewess:--Gomer.]

d. [and] Magog [Strong: 4031 Magowg maw-gogue' from 1463; Magog, a son of Japheth; also a barbarous northern region:--Magog.]

e. [and] Madai [Strong: 4074 Maday maw-dah'-ee of foreign derivation; Madai, a country of central Asia:--Madai, Medes, Media.]

f. [and] Javan [Strong: 3120 Yavan yaw-vawn' probably from the same as 3196; effervescing (i.e. hot and active); Javan, the name of a son of Joktan, and of the race (Ionians, i.e. Greeks) descended from him, with their territory; also of a place in Arabia:--Javan.]

g. [and] Tubal [Strong: 8422 Tuwbal too-bal' or Tubal {too-bal'}; probably of foreign derivation; Tubal, a postdiluvian patriarch and his posterity:--Tubal.]

h. [and] Meshech [Strong: 4902 Meshek meh'-shek the same in form as 4901, but probably of foreign derivation; Meshek, a son of Japheth, and the people descended from him:--Mesech, Meshech.]

i. [and] Tiras [Strong: 8494 Tiyrac tee-rawce' probably of foreign derivation; Tiras, a son of Japheth:--Tiras.]

1). In his book The Genesis record, Henry M. Morris cites Dr. William F. Albright, “acknowledged as the world’s leading authority on the archaeology of the Near East, though himself not a believer in the infallibility of Scripture: “It stands absolutely alone in ancient literature, without a remote parallel, even among he greeks, where we find the closest approach to a distribution of peoples in genealogical framework…The Table of Nations remains an astonishingly accurate document.