1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Genesis 10:5 By these were divided the islands of the Gentiles in their lands, every one according to his tongue and their families in their nations.

The islands. So the Hebrews called all the remote countries, to which they went by ships from Judea, as Greece, Italy, Spain, etc., (Challoner) whether they were surrounded with water or not. (Jeremias 25:22.) (Menochius)