Gen 10:4, 6, 13-14 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 4. Elishah ] As Javan peopled a considerable part of Greece , it is in that region that we must seek for the settlements of his descendants; Elishah probably was the first who settled at Elis , in Peloponnesus. Tarshish ] He first inhabited Cilicia , whose capital anciently was the city of Tarsus , where the Apostle Paul was born. Kittim ] We have already seen that this name was rather the name of a people than of an individual : some think by Kittim Cyprus is meant: others, the isle of Chios; and others, the Romans ; and others, the Macedonians . Dodanim. ] Or Rodanim , for the and may be easily mistaken for each other, because of their great similarity. Some suppose that this family settled at Dodona in Epirus; others at the isle of Rhodes ; others, at the Rhone , in France, the ancient name of which was Rhodanus , from the Scripture Rodanim .

‏ Genesis 10:4

Verse 4. Elishah] As Javan peopled a considerable part of Greece, it is in that region that we must seek for the settlements of his descendants; Elishah probably was the first who settled at Elis, in Peloponnesus.

Tarshish] He first inhabited Cilicia, whose capital anciently was the city of Tarsus, where the Apostle Paul was born.

Kittim] We have already seen that this name was rather the name of a people than of an individual: some think by Kittim Cyprus is meant: others, the isle of Chios; and others, the Romans; and others, the Macedonians.

Dodanim.] Or Rodanim, for the and may be easily mistaken for each other, because of their great similarity. Some suppose that this family settled at Dodona in Epirus; others at the isle of Rhodes; others, at the Rhone, in France, the ancient name of which was Rhodanus, from the Scripture Rodanim.

‏ Genesis 10:6

Verse 6. Cush] Who peopled the Arabic nome near the Red Sea in Lower Egypt. Some think the Ethiopians descended from him.

Mizraim] This family certainly peopled Egypt; and both in the East and in the West, Egypt is called Mezr and Mezraim.

Phut] Who first peopled an Egyptian nome or district, bordering on Libya.

Canaan.] He who first peopled the land so called, known also by the name of the Promised Land.

‏ Genesis 10:13-14

Verse 13. Mizraim begat Ludim] Supposed to mean the inhabitants of the Mareotis, a canton in Egypt, for the name Ludim is evidently the name of a people.

Anamim] According to Bochart, the people who inhabited the district about the temple of Jupiter Ammon.

Lehabim] The Libyans, or a people who dwelt on the west of the Thebaid, and were called Libyo-Egyptians.

Naphtuhim] Even the conjectures can scarcely fix a place for these people. Bochart seems inclined to place them in Marmarica, or among the Troglodytae.

Verse 14. Pathrusim] The inhabitants of the Delta, in Egypt, according to the Chaldee paraphrase; but, according to Bochart, the people who inhabited the Thebaid, called Pathros in Scripture.

Casluhim] The inhabitants of Colchis; for almost all authors allow that Colchis was peopled from Egypt.

Philistim] The people called Philistines, the constant plagues and frequent oppressors of the Israelites, whose history may be seen at large in the books of Samuel, Kings, &c.

Caphtorim] Inhabitants of Cyprus according to Calmet.