Genesis 10:2

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

Genesis 10:4

10:4 The sons of Javan were Elishah, ⁹  Tarshish, ¹⁰  the Kittim, ¹¹  and the Dodanim. ¹² 

Genesis 10:6

10:6 The sons of Ham were Cush, ¹³  Mizraim, ¹⁴  Put, ¹⁵  and Canaan. ¹⁶ 

Genesis 10:29

10:29 Ophir, ¹⁷  Havilah, ¹⁸  and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

Genesis 36:22-23

36:22 The sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam; ¹⁹  Lotan’s sister was Timna.

36:23 These were the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, ²⁰  and Onam.

Genesis 36:26

36:26 These were the sons of Dishon: ²¹  Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

[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.

[10:4]  ⁹ sn The descendants of Elishah populated Cyprus.

[10:4]  ¹⁰ sn The descendants of Tarshish settled along the southern coast of what is modern Turkey. However, some identify the site Tarshish (see Jonah 1:3) with Sardinia or Spain.

[10:4]  ¹¹ sn The name Kittim is associated with Cyprus, as well as coastlands east of Rhodes. It is used in later texts to refer to the Romans.

[10:4]  ¹² tc Most of the MT mss read “Dodanim” here, but 1 Chr 1:7 has “Rodanim,” perhaps referring to the island of Rhodes. But the Qere reading in 1 Chr 1:7 suggests “Dodanim.” Dodona is one of the most ancient and revered spots in ancient Greece.

[10:6]  ¹⁷ sn The descendants of Cush settled in Nubia (Ethiopia).

[10:6]  ¹⁸ sn The descendants of Mizraim settled in Upper and Lower Egypt.

[10:6]  ¹⁹ sn The descendants of Put settled in Libya.

[10:6]  ²⁰ sn The descendants of Canaan lived in the region of Phoenicia (Palestine).

[10:29]  ²⁵ sn Ophir became the name of a territory in South Arabia. Many of the references to Ophir are connected with gold (e.g., 1 Kgs 9:28, 10:11, 22:48; 1 Chr 29:4; 2 Chr 8:18, 9:10; Job 22:24, 28:16; Ps 45:9; Isa 13:12).

[10:29]  ²⁶ sn Havilah is listed with Ham in v. 7.

[36:22]  ³³ tn Heb “Hemam”; this is probably a variant spelling of “Homam” (1 Chr 1:39); cf. NRSV, NLT “Heman.”

[36:23]  ⁴¹ tn This name is given as “Shephi” in 1 Chr 1:40.

[36:26]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “Dishan,” but this must be either a scribal error or variant spelling, since “Dishan” is mentioned in v. 28 (see also v. 21).