5By 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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The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)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 mentions that race very briefly, hastening to give an account of the posterity of Ham, who were Israel’s enemies and of Shem, who were Israel’s ancestors; for it is the church that the scripture is design…
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