Key Verse Spotlight
Genesis 10:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.”
Genesis 10:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Now these {are} the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. {Dodanim: or, as some read it, Rodanim}
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
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