THE DESCENDANTS OF JAPHETH

THE DESCENDANTS OF JAPHETH
Genesis 10:2-5         The descendants of Japheth, after the Tower of Babel, when God made man go out and populate the world migrated west and north. The sons of Japheth's sons are listed giving more detail than is found in the list of Ham's or Shem's sons. A study of names Japheth's sons and grandsons sheds some light on who are his descendants today.




Name of the Son	People Associated With the Name
Japheth	Greeks, Aryans of India
Gomer	People living in area of the Black Sea, Germany and Wales.
Magog	Reference to "Gog" referring to Georgia, a region near the Black Sea and Scythians.
Madai	Medes (Persia), Japheth through Madai father of peoples of India.
Javan	People of Greece and Cyprus.
Tubal	Russian, city of Tobolsk.
Meshech	Russian, (Name Muskovi) city of Moscow.
Tiras	Thracians, possibly the Etruscans of Italy.
Ashkenaz	Germany, Armenia, Scandinavia, Denmark, northern islands of Europe and European west coast.
Ripath	Generally Europe, Carpathians and Paphlagonians
Togarmah	Armenians, Germany and Turkey
Elishah	Greeks ("Hellas" is a form of word Elishah)
Tarshish	Spain, Carthage in North Africa
Kittim	Greeks, Cyprus, Macedonia
Dodanium	Greeks, Rhodes, Dardanelles