Person

Magog

Son of Japheth (Gen 10:2).

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No tier 1-4 dates this record's birth; unsorted (null).

Description

Son of Japheth (Gen 10:2). Josephus (Antiquities I.6.1, Whiston): "Magog founded those that from him were named Magogites, but who are by the Greeks called Scythians."

Scripture

Family

Father
Japheth

Birth

birth of Magog, CFAH first
ChronologyDate as statedYear (BC / AM)Citation & note
CFAH Not yet established — —
pending CFAH reference. CFAH dates the Table-of-Nations framework (first territorial division AP-27, 2254 BC; final division AP-28, 2247 BC; Dispersion AP-2, 2192/2191 BC) but not this individual birth
Ussher-Jones Not yet established — —
Jones gives no birth year for Table-of-Nations names.
Ussher Not yet established — —
Ussher (Annals) gives no birth year for this name.
Jordan secondary 1660 - ... Magog ben Japheth
Precision: conjectural
AM 1660 Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 3)," Biblical Chronology 6:5 (May 1994), §8 "The Table of Nations", table "An Hypothetical Chronology for the Table of Nations" (opens in a new tab)
Jordan: "If we assume births every two years, and about 30 years between generations ... we can come up with an approximate series of dates" (hypothetical, not stated by Scripture).

Disagreements & open questions

  • Open question Place link is by name: OpenBible identifies the place named in later scripture (Ezek.38.2, Ezek.39.6), not the Gen 10 ancestor. Certainty: land-of-magog low (40%).

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