Genesis 10 · Verse 3

Genesis 10:3

And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Genesis 10:3, King James Version

Genesis 10:3 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
WEBThe sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
ASVAnd the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
YLTAnd sons of Gomer are Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
DARBYAnd the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
BBEAnd the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.
WebsterAnd the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

What does Genesis 10:3 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Ashkenaz - Probably gave his name to Sacagena, a very excellent province of Armenia. Pliny mentions a people called Ascanitici, who dwelt about the Tanais and the Palus Maeotis; and some suppose that from Ashkenaz the Euxine Sea derived its name, but others suppose that from him the Germans derived their origin. Riphath - Or Diphath, the founder of the Paphlagonians, which were anciently called Riphataei. Togarmah - The Sauromates, or inhabitants of Turcomania. See the reasons in Calmet.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 10:1-7

This chapter shows concerning the three sons of Noah, that of them was the whole earth overspread. No nation but that of the Jews can be sure from which of these seventy it has come. The lists of names of fathers and sons were preserved of the Jews alone, for the sake of the Messiah. Many learned men, however, have, with some probability, shown which of the nations of the earth descended from each of the sons of…

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Genesis 10:3 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.

וּבְנֵ֖יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
גֹּ֑מֶרGo.merGomerH1586
אַשְׁכֲּנַ֥ז'ash.ka.Naz[were] AshkenazH813
וְרִיפַ֖תve.ri.Fatand RiphathH7384
וְתֹגַרְמָֽה\׃ve.to.gar.Mahand TogarmahH8425

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 10:3

  • Ezekiel 27:14

    They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

  • Jeremiah 51:27

    Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.

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Context

  • Genesis 10:2

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

  • Genesis 10:3

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

  • Genesis 10:4

    And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

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Genesis 10:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de Gomer: Ashkenaz, y Riphat, y Togorma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Et les fils de Gomer: Ashkenaz, et Riphath, et Togarma.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Gomers: Askenas und Riphat und Togarma.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Porro filii Gomer: Ascenez et Riphath et Thogorma.