May 3, 2025
Nations Descending from Noah's Son, Japheth
Question:
Where did the sons of Japheth go, and what nations did they establish?
Prayer Focus:
God wants our descendants to spread His fame. Pray for your descendants to be a blessing and to accomplish the purposes for which God created them.
Go Deeper:
The Baker Illustrated Study Bible tells us that in Luke 10:1, Jesus sent out the seventy (or seventy-two) disciples; he reflects the Genesis 10 list of the seventy nations in the then-known world, sending his disciples into every part of that world. Japheth went the farthest from Palestine, and most of the nations/places mentioned here are in the Mediterranean islands and Asia Minor.
Question:
Where did the sons of Japheth go, and what nations did they establish?
Prayer Focus:
God wants our descendants to spread His fame. Pray for your descendants to be a blessing and to accomplish the purposes for which God created them.
Go Deeper:
The Baker Illustrated Study Bible tells us that in Luke 10:1, Jesus sent out the seventy (or seventy-two) disciples; he reflects the Genesis 10 list of the seventy nations in the then-known world, sending his disciples into every part of that world. Japheth went the farthest from Palestine, and most of the nations/places mentioned here are in the Mediterranean islands and Asia Minor.
Genesis 10:1-5 New Living Translation
This is the account of Shem, Ham and Japheth, Noah’s sons, who themselves had sons after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.
3 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
4 The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. 5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)
Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites. 5 (From these the maritime peoples spread out into their territories by their clans within their nations, each with its own language.)