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Genesis 10:3

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10:3 The sons of Gomer were 1  Askenaz, 2  Riphath, 3  and Togarmah. 4 

1 sn The descendants of Gomer were all northern tribes of the Upper Euphrates.

2 sn Askenaz was the ancestor of a northern branch of Indo-Germanic tribes, possibly Scythians. For discussion see E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 63.

3 sn The descendants of Riphath lived in a district north of the road from Haran to Carchemish.

4 sn Togarmah is also mentioned in Ezek 38:6, where it refers to Til-garimmu, the capital of Kammanu, which bordered Tabal in eastern Turkey. See E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 26, n. 28.



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