1 Chronicles 1 · Verse 5

1 Chronicles 1:5

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
1 Chronicles 1:5, King James Version

1 Chronicles 1:5 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
WEBThe sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
ASVThe sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
YLTSons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
DARBYThe sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
BBEThe sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
WebsterThe sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

What does 1 Chronicles 1:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 1:4-23

4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 After Tiras, the Targum adds, "And the names of their countries were Africa, and Germany, and Media, and Macedonia, Bithynia, and Maesia, and Thrace." And in another copy, "Germany, Getia, and Media, and Ephesus, Bithynia, and Maesia, and Thrace."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:1-27

This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God…

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1 Chronicles 1:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] sons ofH1121
יֶ֔פֶתYe.fetJaphethH3315
גֹּ֣מֶרGo.merGomerH1586
וּמָג֔וֹגu.ma.Gogand MagogH4031
וּמָדַ֖יu.ma.Daiand MadaiH4074
וְיָוָ֣ןve.ya.Vanand JavanH3120
וְתֻבָ֑לve.tu.Valand TubalH8422
וּמֶ֖שֶׁךְu.Me.shekhand MeshechH4902
וְתִירָֽס\׃\ \סve.ti.Rasand TirasH8494

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 1:5

  • Genesis 10:1-5

    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. …

  • Ezekiel 27:13

    Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.

  • Ezekiel 38:2-3

    Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

  • Ezekiel 38:6

    Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

  • Ezekiel 39:1

    Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 10:1-5; Eze 27:13; 38:2,3,6; 39:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 1:4

    Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:5

    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:6

    And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

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1 Chronicles 1:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los hijos de Japhet: Gomer, Magog, Dadai, Javán, Tubal, Mesec, y Thiras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Les fils de Japheth: Gomer, et Magog, et Madaï, et Javan, et Tubal, et Méshec, et Tiras.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Söhne Japhets: Gomer und Magog und Madai und Jawan und Tubal, und Mesech und Tiras.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Japheth: Gomer, et Magog, et Madai, et Javan, Thubal, Mosoch, Thiras.