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Isles of the Gentiles

Isles of the Gentiles (Ge 10:5): the American Standard Revised Version "isles (margin "coast-lands") of the nations," said of the territories of the sons of Japheth. The reference is to the coasts of the Weste...

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Isles of the Gentiles (Ge 10:5): the American Standard Revised Version "isles (margin "coast-lands") of the nations," said of the territories of the sons of Japheth. The reference is to the coasts of the Western Mediterranean, with their islands (compare "isles of the sea," Esth 10:1, Ezek 26:18, etc.).

See TABLE OF NATIONS.

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