The Asians
Japheth was the oldest son of Noah. Japheth's blessing was that he would be enlarged, according to Genesis 10:27 above. The Asians have the most numerous populations. The world's population is over 6 Billion, of which the Asians will number around 3.7 billion. China alone has a population of over 1.3 billion today; add to this the populations of Japan, Korea, Indochina, plus the number of Asians living in foreign countries. Therefore, to identify the descendants of Japheth, we simply find which groups of people are the most numerous. Obviously, no other people can compare in population to the Asians!
亚洲人
雅弗是挪亚的长子。根据创世记10:27记载,雅弗的祝福是他将扩张。亚洲人口最多。世界人口超过60亿,其中亚洲人约有37亿。仅中国就超过13亿多人口,再加上日本、韩国、印度的人口以及居住在国外的亚洲人的数量。因此,为了确定雅弗的后裔,我们只需找出人数最多群体。显然,没有人能比得上亚洲人的人口!
<< Genesis 10:2-5 >> [The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.]
创世记 10:2-5 和合本
2 雅弗的儿子是歌篾、玛各、玛代、雅完、土巴、米设、提拉。3 歌篾的儿子是亚实基拿、利法、陀迦玛。4 雅完的儿子是以利沙、他施、基提、多单。5 这些人的后裔将各国的地土、海岛分开居住,各随各的方言、宗族立国。
In the ancient world, the people were given names according to certain prominent social, spiritual, and prophetic characteristics. Thus, by analyzing the names of each of Japheth's sons, we will find them to be prophetic names serving to identify the people geographically in the last days!
在古代,人们根据某些突出的社会、精神和先知特征来命名。因此,通过分析雅弗的每一个儿子的名字,我们会发现他们都是先知的名字,在末后的日子,在地理上可以辨认百姓!
The name Japheth is derived from the Hebrew word for expansion. This meaning is prophetic, informing us that the people descended from Japheth would be identified as numerous.
雅弗这个名字来源于希伯来语的扩张一词。这意思是预言性的,告诉我们雅弗人的后裔必称为多族。
Gomer was the first born of Japheth, his name means addition and accumulation, again implying a multitude. Gomer had three sons: Ashkenaz, meaning bunched together; Riphath, meaning as grounded corn or wheat; and Togarmah, meaning in many pieces.
歌篾是雅弗的长子,他的名字意为“加增”,意为“聚集”。歌篾有三个儿子:亚实基拿,意思是捆在一起的;利法,意思是磨碎的玉米或小麦; 陀迦玛,意思是许多碎片。
Four more of the sons of Japheth: Magog, Madai, Tubal, and Meshech, are the various tribes in the area of Russia and Asia. Javan, the son of Japheth, his name means boiling or bubbling over; implying rapid expansion, overflowing, and multiplication. The Asians have the largest population. According to Biblical prophecy, the Asians must be the descendents of Japhet.
雅弗的儿子中,又有四个,玛各,玛代,土巴,米设,都是俄国和亚西亚的支派的人。雅弗的儿子雅完,他的名字意思是沸腾或冒泡,意思是快速膨胀、溢出和繁殖。亚洲人口最多。根据圣经的预言,亚洲人一定是雅弗的后裔。