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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 1:7

Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Dodanim;   Elishah;   Genealogy;   Japheth;   Javan;   Tarshish;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dodanim;   Genealogy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dodanim;   Tarshish;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chittim;   Dodanim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Dodanim;   Elishah;   Rodanim;   Table of Nations;   Tarshish;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dodanim;   Genealogy of Jesus Christ;   Javan,;   Rhodes;   Tarshish (1);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dodanim ;   Elishah ;   Grecia, Greece;   Javan ;   Kittim ;   Tarshish;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Chit'tim, Kit'tim;   Dod'anim;   Kit'tim;   Tar'shish;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dodanim;   Island;   Javan;   Kittim;   Rodanim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Dalet (ש);   Dodanim;   Elishah;   Javan;   Rhodes;   Simeon B. Pazzi;   Tarshish;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Yavan: Elishah, and Tarshisha, Kittim, and Rodanim.
King James Version
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
English Standard Version
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
New Century Version
Javan's sons were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
New English Translation
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.
Amplified Bible
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
World English Bible
The sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also the sonnes of Iauan, Elishah & Tarshishah, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Berean Standard Bible
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Yavan: Elishah, Tarshishah, Kittim and Rodanim.
Darby Translation
And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
Easy-to-Read Version
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
George Lamsa Translation
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Doranim.
Good News Translation
The descendants of Javan were the people of Elishah, Spain, Cyprus, and Rhodes.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rhodanim.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The children of Iauan are these: Elisa, Tharsisa, Chitim and Dodanim.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Javan: Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the sonnes of Ianan: Elisa, and Tharsis, Citim, and Dodanun.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
King James Version (1611)
And the sonnes of Iauan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Jovan, Helisa, and Tharsis, the Citians, and Rhodians.
English Revised Version
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the sones of Jauan weren Helisa, and Tharsis, Cethym, and Dodanym.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the sons of Javan; Elisha, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
New King James Version
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshishah, Genesis 10:4">[fn] Kittim, and Rodanim. Genesis 10:4">[fn]
New Living Translation
The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
New Life Bible
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
New Revised Standard
The descendants of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Javan, Elishah, and Tarshish, - Kittim, and Rodanim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cethim and Dodanim.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Javan: Eli'shah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Ro'danim.
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Javan: Elisha, and Tarshishah, Kittim, and Dodanim.
THE MESSAGE
Javan had Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.

Contextual Overview

1Adam was the father of Seth, and his descendants were Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah, who had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 Japheth was the father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. 6 Gomer was the ancestor of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 Javan was the ancestor of Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 8 Ham was the father of Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan, and they were the ancestors of the kingdoms named after them. 9 Ethiopia was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. 10 Ethiopia was also the father of Nimrod, the world's first mighty warrior. 11 Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. 13 Canaan's oldest son was Sidon; his other son was Heth.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Tarshish: Psalms 72:10, Isaiah 66:19

Kittim: These, and other words ending in im, forming the Hebrew plural, are not the names of individuals, but of nations. Numbers 24:24, Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 23:12, Jeremiah 2:10, Ezekiel 27:6, Daniel 11:30, Chittim

Dodanim: or, Rodanim, according to some copies

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 27:7 - Elishah Ezekiel 27:13 - Javan

Cross-References

Genesis 1:8
and named it "Sky." Evening came and then morning—that was the second day.
Genesis 1:9

The Third Day

God said, "I command the water under the sky to come together in one place, so there will be dry ground." And that's what happened.
Genesis 1:11
God said, "I command the earth to produce all kinds of plants, including fruit trees and grain." And that's what happened.
Genesis 1:15
I command them to shine on the earth." And that's what happened.
Genesis 1:24

The Sixth Day

God said, "I command the earth to give life to all kinds of tame animals, wild animals, and reptiles." And that's what happened.
Genesis 1:28
God gave them his blessing and said: Have a lot of children! Fill the earth with people and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the ocean, the birds in the sky, and every animal on the earth.
Genesis 1:29
I have provided all kinds of fruit and grain for you to eat.
Job 26:8
God stores water in clouds, but they don't burst,
Psalms 104:10
You provide streams of water in the hills and valleys,
Psalms 148:4
Highest heavens, and the water above the highest heavens, come and offer praise.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Dodanim - See the Genesis 10:4 note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 1:7. The sons of Javan — "But the sons of Macedon, Alsu, and Tarsus, Ilation, and Dardania, or, according to others, Elisha, Alam, Titsas, Achzavia, and Dardania, Ridom, and Chamen, and Antioch." So says this Targum, which I shall henceforth designate by the letter T.


 
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