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[A total of 14 descendants of Japheth are mentioned. The sons of Japheth are mainly the peoples of the north and west, in Asia Minor and on the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean. This corresponds to today's Europe and also parts of the northern Middle East.]
The sons of Japheth were:
Gomer [the Cimmerians on the Black Sea; present-day Turkey] and
Magog [around the Black Sea, present-day Georgia] and
Madai [ancestor of the Medes; southwest of the Caspian Sea; the area around present-day Tehran in Iran] and
Javan [the Ionians, the Greeks; Greece] and
Tubal (Hebr. Toval) [people in eastern Asia Minor; present-day central Turkey] and
Meshech [people in eastern Asia Minor] and
Tiras [present-day Italy].
The sons of Gomer were:
Ashkenaz [perhaps the Scythians; by the Black Sea] and
Riphath and
Togarmah [people of eastern Asia Minor; present-day Turkey].
[A total of 14 descendants of Japheth are mentioned. The sons of Japheth are mainly the peoples of the north and west, in Asia Minor and on the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean. This corresponds to today's Europe and also parts of the northern Middle East.]
The sons of Japheth were:
Gomer [the Cimmerians on the Black Sea; present-day Turkey] and
Magog [around the Black Sea, present-day Georgia] and Madai [ancestor of the Medes; southwest of the Caspian Sea; the area around present-day Tehran in Iran] and
Javan [the Ionians, the Greeks; Greece] and
Tubal (Hebr. Toval) [people in eastern Asia Minor; present-day central Turkey] and
Meshech [people in eastern Asia Minor] and
Tiras [present-day Italy].
The sons of Gomer were
Ashkenaz and
Riphath and
Togarmah.
Gomer [areas in present-day central Turkey] and all its armies, the people (house) of Togarmah [Hebr. Bet Togarmah – eastern part of present-day Turkey] in the far north and all its armies – many peoples are with you.
[This coalition of seven nations in verses 2-6 represents the north (Meshek, Tubal, Gomer, Togerma), the southwest (Sudan, Libya), and the east (Persia/Iran).]
