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Magog Ben Japheth



Preferred Parents:
Father: Japheth ben Noah, b. 2448 BC in Shulon   d. 1845 BC in Kənáʿan
Mother: Adataneses bat Eliakim, b. 2451 BC in Shulon, East of Eden   d. in Olaha Shinehah, Shulon, Est D'eden

Family 1: Targ Bint-Aram ?,    b. 2369 BC in Babylonia   
  1. Baath ben Magog King of Scythia, b. 2360 BC in Scythia, Eurasia     d. in Salem, Canaan
  2. Fathochta ben Magog,    
  3. Fathochda ben Magog, b. 2490 BC in Scythia, Roman Empire    
Sources:
  1. Title: Jasher 7:2,4
    Author: J.H. Parry & Company. (1887). The Book of Jasher. (Originally translated in 1840 from the Original Hebrew into English).
    Publication: Name: https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-of-Jasher.pdf;
    Note: 2 These are the sons of Japheth; Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras, seven sons. 4 And the sons of Magog were Elichanaf and Lubal.
    Page: vs. 2 Magog is the son of Japheth vs. 4 Magog gives birth to 2 sons: Elichanaf and Lubal
  2. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
    Author: Ancestry Family Tree
  3. Title: Jasher 10:7
    Author: J.H. Parry & Company. (1887). The Book of Jasher. (Originally translated in 1840 from the Original Hebrew into English).
    Publication: Name: https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-of-Jasher.pdf;
    Note: 7 And these are the sons of Japheth according to their families, Gomer, Magog, Medai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras; these are the children of Japheth according to their generations.
    Page: vs. 7 Magog is the son of Japheth
  4. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/30445474;
  5. Title: Genesis 10
    Author: "Genesis 10." Churchofjesuschrist https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/gen/10?lang=eng. Accessed 12 Oct. 2021.
    Publication: Name: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/gen/10?lang=eng;
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    Page: Attached by RecordSeek
  6. Title: Wikiand: Magog (Bible)
    Publication: Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magog_(Bible);
    Note: Magog (/ˈmeɪɡɔːɡ/; Hebrew: מגוג [maˈɡoɡ]; Greek: Μαγωγ) is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. While the origin of the term is unclear, it may have referred to Lydia, in what is now Turkey. Its use in Ezekiel 38 has led to it being associated with apocalyptic traditions. Various anient and medieval traditions have built on the biblical references and added details to it. Etymology The origin of the name Magog is unclear. It may come from the Akkadian mat Gugi, "land of Gog", that is, the land of Gyges: Lydia. In the Bible Magog is often associated with apocalyptic traditions, mainly in connection with Ezekiel 38 and 39 which mentions "Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal" (Ezek 38:2 NIV); on the basis of this mention, "Gog and Magog" over time became associated with each other as a pair. In the New Testament, this pairing is found in the Book of Revelation 20:8, in which instance they may merely be metaphors for archetypal enemies of God. Ancient and medieval views Josephus refers to Magog son of Japheth as progenitor of Scythians, or peoples north of the Black Sea. According to him, the Greeks called Scythia Magogia (Ant., bk. I, 6). An alternate identification derived from an examination of the order in which tribal names are listed in Ezekiel 38, "would place Magog between Cappadocia and Media." According to Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried (19th century) Magog refers to the Mongols. He cites an Arab writer who refers to the Great Wall of China with the name 'Magog'. Jordanes' Getica (551) mentions Magog as ancestor of the Goths, as does the Historia Brittonum, but Isidore of Seville (c. 635) asserts that this identification was popular "because of the similarity of the last syllable" (Etymologiae, IX, 89). Johannes Magnus (1488–1544) stated that Magog migrated to Scandinavia (via Finland) 88 years after the flood, and that his five sons were Suenno (ancestor of the Swedes), Gethar (or Gog, ancestor of the Goths), Ubbo (who later ruled the Swedes and built Old Uppsala), Thor, and German. Magnus' accounts became accepted at the Swedish court for a long time, and even caused the dynastic numerals of the Swedish monarchs to be renumbered accordingly. Queen Christina of Sweden reckoned herself as number 249 in a list of kings going back to Magog. Magnus also influenced several later historians such as Daniel Juslenius (1676–1752), who derived the roots of the Finns from Magog. According to several medieval Irish chronicles, most notably the Auraicept na n-Éces and Lebor Gabála Érenn, the Irish race are a composite including descendants of Japheth's son Magog from "Scythia". Baath mac Magog (Boath), Jobhath, and Fathochta are the three sons of Magog. Fenius Farsaid, Partholón, Nemed, the Fir Bolg, the Tuatha de Danann, and the Milesians are among Magog's descendants. Magog was also supposed to have had a grandson called Heber, whose offspring spread throughout the Mediterranean. There is also a medieval Hungarian legend that says the Huns, as well as the Magyars, are descended from twin brothers named Hunor and Magor respectively, who lived by the sea of Azov in the years after the flood, and took wives from the Alans. The version of this legend in the 14th century Chronicon Pictum equates this Magor with Magog, son of Japheth. In Islam Magog's appearance in the Quran and other Islamic sources is chiefly due to his apocalyptic renown as part of the pairing of Gog and Magog (Arabic: Ya'juj wa Ma'juj). In sura Al-Kahf ("The Cave", 18:83–98) of the Quran (early 7th century AD), an individual called Dhul-Qarnayn ("The Two-horned One") journeys to a distant land in a pass between two mountains where he finds people who are suffering from the mischief of Gog and Magog. Dhul-Qarnayn then makes a wall of copper and iron to keep Gog and Magog out, but warns that it will be removed in the Last Age. In sura 21, Al-Anbiyā (The Prophets), the wall is mentioned again: there Allah tells his Prophet (Mohammed) that there is a "prohibition upon [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return, until [the dam of] Gog and Magog has been opened and thou shall see them, from every higher ground, descending." According to Islamic tradition (in Saḥīḥ al-Bukhāri), Gog and Magog are human beings, and the city mentioned in sura 21 is Jerusalem. In popular culture In the season 13 episode Good Intentions of the TV series Supernatural, Magog appears as a warrior alongside another named Gog who battle protagonists Castiel and Dean Winchester. After Dean kills them, Magog and Gog are revealed to be primitive beasts formed of rock and sand, a type of creature Castiel had believed to have gone extinct during the Great Flood.

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