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Real Peoples, Real Places
Scholars identify the names in this verse with specific ancient peoples. For example, "Gomer" is linked to the Cimmerians and "Togarmah" to a people in ancient Turkey (Cilicia). This list isn't just a collection of names but a record connecting the biblical narrative to the known history and geography of the ancient world.
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1 Chronicles
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19th Century
Bishop
THE SONS OF JAPHETH THE FAIR —(1 Chronicles 1:5–7).
The Oriental theory of political and even social communitie…
17th Century
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(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 1:5)
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This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in biblical history, and compile them with many additi…