seekeroftruth
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1 Chronicles 1:5 The sons(b) of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
6 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Riphath[c] and Togarmah.
7 The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
6 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Riphath[c] and Togarmah.
7 The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.
b. 1 Chronicles 1:5 Sons may mean descendants or successors or nations; also in verses 6-9, 17 and 23.
c. 1 Chronicles 1:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts Diphath
So... everything before Noah is a memory.... everyone who wasn't on the boat with Noah... is a Bible Story leading up to Noah.
Noah was charge of building a boat and getting his family on the boat before God shut the door. Noah's three sons went through the worst flood in history. They were stuck on a boat for months. There was nothing on the horizon. Birds didn't want to take off because there was no where to land. By the time there was enough tree above the waterline.... so the dove could bring back an olive ranch... they had already been stuck for months... and they still had to wait a long long long long time for the boat to settle on land. So... maybe I'm a little surprised that one of Noah's sons took to the high seas for a living.
I got this commentary from gotquestions. org.
When the flood waters subsided and Noah’s family exited the ark, God commanded them to repopulate the earth. Noah began to tend the ground and grow a vineyard, but there is not much more said about Shem, Ham, or Japheth except in the account of Noah’s drunkenness in Genesis 9:20–27. This passage describes a day Noah became drunk on the wine from his vineyard and passed out naked in his tent. Ham found Noah in that shameful condition and told Shem and Japheth what he had seen. Shem and Japheth brought in a garment and, walking backward so they wouldn’t shame their father by looking at his nakedness, covered Noah with the garment. When Noah woke, he cursed Ham but blessed Shem and Japheth. Japheth’s blessing took the form of these words: “May God extend Japheth’s territory; / may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, / and may Canaan [Ham’s son] be the slave of Japheth” .
After the flood, Japheth and his brothers did indeed multiply and repopulate the earth. Japheth himself fathered seven sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras (Genesis 10:2). The descendants of Japheth included various maritime peoples (verse 5) as well as the Persians, Greeks, Romans, Scythians, and Macedonians. Japheth’s descendants spread out over much of Asia and Europe and, through colonization, North America, thus fulfilling Noah’s prediction of “expansion” for Japheth
.After the flood, Japheth and his brothers did indeed multiply and repopulate the earth. Japheth himself fathered seven sons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras (Genesis 10:2). The descendants of Japheth included various maritime peoples (verse 5) as well as the Persians, Greeks, Romans, Scythians, and Macedonians. Japheth’s descendants spread out over much of Asia and Europe and, through colonization, North America, thus fulfilling Noah’s prediction of “expansion” for Japheth
This is from the blueletterbible.org site.
The sons of Japheth: It is commonly supposed that "The seven sons of Japheth founded the people of Europe and northern Asia." (Payne)
Kittim, and Rodanim: These are respectively the islands of Cyprus and Rhodes.
- From Javan came Greek Ionia
- From Gomer came the ancient Cimmerians of the Russian plains
- From Madai came the Medes and Persians of Iran
- From Tubal and Meshech came the inhabitants of the Turkish plateau
- From Gomer came the ancient Cimmerians of the Russian plains
- From Madai came the Medes and Persians of Iran
- From Tubal and Meshech came the inhabitants of the Turkish plateau
Kittim, and Rodanim: These are respectively the islands of Cyprus and Rhodes.
Now did you notice... there are names in these verses that make me pause.
Gomer..... Gomer is Japheth's oldest son. Gomer was a very old man.... He lived to be 1000 years old. Careful now... don't get this manly man who lived to a ripe old age with Gomer the girl who married the prophet Hosea. This is Gomer... the guy who found Germany.
Magog.... Well his lines go to the Celts according to amazingbibletimelines.org.
Magog.... Well his lines go to the Celts according to amazingbibletimelines.org.
Magogites was a nation of people identified as the Scythians or Tartars by the Greeks later on. Other tribes such as the Slavs, the Mongols, the Finns, the Hungarians or the Magyars, and the Pamiris are said to have come from him. All the Goths, including the Swedes, declared that they, too, descended from the Magogites. Irish Celts also claimed that they are the descendants of Japheth through Magog although others suggest they are descendants of Gomer.
People of Magog or the Magogites were said to be a “great and powerful” nation that lived in “extreme recesses of the north”. Historians stated that the people of Magog were with the “Greeks called Scythians”. The Scythian dwelt in the north of Black Sea and of Caucasus Mountains, in the area now belonged to Russia.
Magogites were forced out from Anatolia in 584 BC and went back to the North of Caucasus. But while in the Middle East, they moved towards the central Asia, to the land of the ancient Mongols, Mongolia. The term Mongol is thought to have derived from the name Magog.
Syrians declared Magog as another term referring Asiatic Turkey while the Arabians connected it to an area in the middle of Caspian and Euxine.
And where are the Magogites nowadays? It is said they ended up in southern Russia. Scythians are a large percentage of the population in Russia today.
People of Magog or the Magogites were said to be a “great and powerful” nation that lived in “extreme recesses of the north”. Historians stated that the people of Magog were with the “Greeks called Scythians”. The Scythian dwelt in the north of Black Sea and of Caucasus Mountains, in the area now belonged to Russia.
Magogites were forced out from Anatolia in 584 BC and went back to the North of Caucasus. But while in the Middle East, they moved towards the central Asia, to the land of the ancient Mongols, Mongolia. The term Mongol is thought to have derived from the name Magog.
Syrians declared Magog as another term referring Asiatic Turkey while the Arabians connected it to an area in the middle of Caspian and Euxine.
And where are the Magogites nowadays? It is said they ended up in southern Russia. Scythians are a large percentage of the population in Russia today.
Japhath was blessed. Being a sailor... I bet he liked fish too!
