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Genesis 6:10

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6:10 Noah had 1  three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 5:32

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5:32 After Noah was 500 years old, he 2  became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 10:2

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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.



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