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The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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The Ancestors of Nations
Commentators consistently identify the sons of Japheth as the ancestors of major European and Asian peoples. For example, scholars link Javan to the Greeks (Ionians), Madai to the Medes, and Gomer to Celtic peoples. This 'Table of Nations' provides a biblical framework for the origin of these ancient civilizations.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
2. גמר gomer — “Gomer, completion; related: complete;” Κιμμέριοι Kimmerioi. מגוג māgôg — “Mag…
19th Century
Anglican
The sons of Japheth. —Of these, seven main divisions are enumerated, some of which are subsequently subdivided; they are—
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The sons of Japheth Who though mentioned last, the genealogy begins with him, by a figure which rhetoricians call a …
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