Table of Nations - Beginnings of the line of Japeth

Genesis 9:19 "These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the earth."

Where did the descendants of Noah's three sons settle? Let's take a look at some brief history here.

We know Japeth had 7 sons. His first son being Gomer who is believed to be the father of the Cimmerians who lived along the Caspian Sea and the Assyrians knew them as the Gimarraya.

Gomer has 3 sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah.
Ashkenaz settles in Armenia and his nation is referred to as the Askuza by the Assyrians in a war which is also referred to in the book Jeremiah in the bible.
Jeremiah 51:27 "Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare the nations for battle against her; summon against her these kingdoms: Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander against her send up horses like a swarm of locusts."

The brother Riphath gave his name to the Riphaean Mountains, an ancient name recorded by Pliny, Josephus and some other ancient historians.

Lastly, the brother, Togarmah, gave his name to a region in Armenia which is recorded in Hittite documents. This was destroyed by the Assyrians in 695 BC and dispersed throughout the Assyrian empire.

The third son of Japeth, whose name is Madai, were known as the Madeans but known to us as what history calls the Medes who lived in and around Iran.

The fourth son of Japeth, whose name is, Javan, was the father of a people named the Iamanu (Yauna) so called by the Assyrians. Homer wrote of these people in his story the Iliad.
Javan's son Elisha was the father of the Aeolians and well know in the Greek Islands. Javan's son Kittim settled in Cyprus. And the son Dodan settled in Asia Minor.

The fifth son of Japeth, whose name is, Tubal, first appeared in the records of King Tiglath Pileser 1 of Assyria around 1100 BC and known as the Tabali.

The sixth son of Japeth, whose name is, Meschech, was the father of the nation who stayed close to the Tabali's, the nation founded by Tubal, his brother. These two nations migrated to the nowaday city of Russia, called Moscow.