Why Island Nations Trace Their Ancestry Back to Japhet

The Midrash of Philo 2:1

Curated by Arthur·Told by Maggid·March 24, 2026

Why do the people of Ceos, and of Rhodes, and the isles of the Gentiles, spring from Japhet? (Genesis 16:4-5).

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