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Japheth (', '; '; ), meaning " enlarge ", is one of the sons of Noah in the Abrahamic tradition . In Arabic citations , his name is normally given as Yafeth bin Nuh (" Japheth , son of Noah "). Magog ( / me / ; Hebrew  ( mao ) , Greek  ) is the second of the seven sons of Japheth mentioned in the Table of Nations in ___MASK67___ 10 . It may represent Hebrew for `` from Gog '' , though this is far from certain . 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 . Josephus identified the offspring of Magog as the Scythians , a name used in antiquity for 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 the Abrahamic religions , Noah (" Nukh "; "") was the tenth and last of the pre - flood Patriarchs . The story of Noah ' s Ark is told in the ___MASK37___ ' s Genesis flood narrative . The biblical account is followed by the story of the Curse of Canaan .