Gomer - Gomer's Descendants

Gomer's Descendants

Three sons of Gomer are mentioned in Genesis 10, namely

• Ashkenaz
• Riphath (spelled Diphath in I Chronicles)
• Togarmah

Some have identified the children of Ashkenaz with the Scythians (Assyrian Ishkuza). However, in Hebrew the word Askhenaz designates the region of middle Europe now known as Germany. It has been conjectured that the term in the original Hebrew was Ashkuz, but that it became Ashkenaz when the Hebrew letter waw was accidentally miscopied as the similar-looking letter nun at some early stage of the transmission. Irish Genealogy traces itself to Ibath, son of Gomer (thought to be a form of Riphath).

Ancient Armenian and Georgian chronicles lists Togarmah as the ancestor of both people who originally inhabited the land between two Black and Caspian Seas and between two inaccessible mountains, Mount Elbrus and Mount Ararat respectively.

According to Khazar records, Togarmah is regarded as the ancestor of the Turkic-speaking peoples.