By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
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Gill's Exposition
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands,.... That is, by those sons of Japheth before mentioned; and by "isles" are meant, not countries surrounded with water, for the isles in…
Adam Clarke
Isles of the Gentiles - Europe, of which this is allowed to be a general epithet. Calmet supposes that it comprehends all those countries to which the Hebrews were obliged to go by sea, such as Spain,…
Moses begins with Japheth's family, either because he was the eldest, or because his family lay remotest from Israel and had least concern with them at the time when Moses wrote, and therefore he…
Cambridge Bible
Of these, &c. It is probable that the text in this verse has suffered. As in Gen 10:10 we find "these are the sons of Ham" and in Gen 10:10 "these are the sons of Shem," so we should expect in this…
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