In subsequent verses Ezekiel mentions other nations such as Persia, Ethiopia, Libya, Gomer, Togarmah and “many nations with you.” What are the regions Ezekiel has reference to in these verses? Prophecies often refer to latter-day peoples by indicating regions settled by the descendants of Noah. In the third chapter of Genesis, there is a list of the sons of Japheth, who was a son of Noah: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubul, Meshech, and Tiras, who repopulated the Earth after the Flood.Magog’s descendants settled in the area of Armenia, which is in southern Russia. This race came to be known as the Scythians, and were called ‘Magogites’ by the Greeks. The Chinese name for the Caucasus mountains running through Russia mean ‘Fort of Gog’, while the Russians call their peaks, the ‘Gogh.’ The Arabic term for the Great Wall of China is ‘the wall of Al Magog’, because it was erected with the intention of keeping out the armies of Magog. Their descendants include the Tarters, Cossacks, Kalmuks, and the Mongols. The Kesses HaSofer, a Jewish commentary, indicates that the word ‘Mongol’, which identifies the Siberian-Russian people, comes from the word ‘Magog.’

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