Gomer

Gomer ( גֹּמֶר ) after 1 Moses the eldest son of Japheth 10.2. Among the sons of Gomer Ashkenaz is found, which is equated with the Scythians. Dhorme considers it beyond doubt that the biblical Gomer corresponds to the Assyrian Gimirri ( Gi- me -ra- aa). Thus they were Herodotus equated Kimmerern. Medieval the Cimbri were linked to as ancestors of the British with Gomer.

Gomer had according to the Bible ( Genesis 10:3) three sons:

• Ashkenaz
• Riphath ( in the chronicles referred to as Riphath )
• Togarmah

Ashkenaz is linked from the Middle Ages in the Jewish tradition with Germany.

According to Irish tradition Riphath is considered the ancestors of the Celts. He is said to have lived under his brother Ashkenaz. His Irish name shall be Redpath, Ridpath or Reidpath been.

Togarmah ( Heb.: תּוגרמה / Togarmah; Armenian: Թորգոմ / T'orgom; Georgian: თარგამოს / T'argamos, so Togarmah ) is the third son of Gomer and grandson of Japheth, brother of Ashkenaz and Riphat ( Genesis 10:3 ). It is usually occasionally kept as ancestor of the peoples of the South Caucasus, especially the Georgians and Armenians.

The Jewish historian Flavius ​​Josephus ( 37 - c 100 AD. ), And the church fathers Jerome ( c. 347-420 AD ), and Isidore of Seville ( c. 560-636 AD) Togarmah considered as the father of the Phrygians. Togarmah (also Takarama ) is commonly associated with the Anatolian kingdom called Tegarama ( Hittite name) and Til - Garimmu ( Beth Togarmah ) equated as Assyrian name, this was the hype surrounding the fall of the Assyrian king Sargon II (ca. 705 AD) a can establish small kingdom. In the " Khazar king letter " of the Khazar King Joseph leads to a son Togarmas called " Kosar " as the progenitor of his people, the Khazars.