Text -- Genesis 10:3 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Gen 10:3

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.