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Genesis 10:2

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10:2 The sons of Japheth 1  were Gomer, 2  Magog, 3  Madai, 4  Javan, 5  Tubal, 6  Meshech, 7  and Tiras. 8 

Genesis 10:12

Context
10:12 and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah. 9 

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[10:2]  1 sn The Greek form of the name Japheth, Iapetos, is used in Greek tradition for the ancestor of the Greeks.

[10:2]  2 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.

[10:2]  3 sn For a discussion of various proposals concerning the descendants of Magog see E. M. Yamauchi, Foes from the Northern Frontier (SBA), 22-24.

[10:2]  4 sn Madai was the ancestor of the Medes, who lived east of Assyria.

[10:2]  5 sn Javan was the father of the Hellenic race, the Ionians who lived in western Asia Minor.

[10:2]  6 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.

[10:2]  7 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.

[10:2]  8 sn Tiras was the ancestor of the Thracians, some of whom possibly became the Pelasgian pirates of the Aegean.

[10:12]  9 tn Heb “and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; it [i.e., Calah] is the great city.”



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