Genesis 10:2
The sons of Japheth:
What it says
The sons of Japheth are named, opening the first branch of Noah’s post-flood descendants.
What it is doing
It introduces Japheth’s line.
In context
2The sons of Japheth: 3The sons of Gomer: 4And the sons of Javan: 5Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.