5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, he 2 became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
10:2 The sons of Japheth 3 were Gomer, 4 Magog, 5 Madai, 6 Javan, 7 Tubal, 8 Meshech, 9 and Tiras. 10
1 tn Heb “fathered.”
2 tn Heb “Noah.” The pronoun (“he”) has been employed in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 sn The Greek form of the name Japheth, Iapetos, is used in Greek tradition for the ancestor of the Greeks.
4 sn Gomer was the ancestor of the Cimmerians. For a discussion of the Cimmerians see E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 49-61.
5 sn For a discussion of various proposals concerning the descendants of Magog see E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 22-24.
6 sn Madai was the ancestor of the Medes, who lived east of Assyria.
7 sn Javan was the father of the Hellenic race, the Ionians who lived in western Asia Minor.
8 sn Tubal was the ancestor of militaristic tribes that lived north of the Black Sea. For a discussion of ancient references to Tubal see E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 24-26.
9 sn Meshech was the ancestor of the people known in Assyrian records as the Musku. For a discussion of ancient references to them see E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 24-26.
10 sn Tiras was the ancestor of the Thracians, some of whom possibly became the Pelasgian pirates of the Aegean.