Listing the families of Reuben, 1 Chronicles 5:4 says, “The sons of Joel were Shemiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son.” So, according to this verse, Gog was a grandson of someone named Joel, who was a descendant of Reuben, the son of Jacob. Gog’s name appears a few chapters later in a detailed genealogy of Jacob’s sons-the forefathers of the twelve tribes of Israel. And that is the last we hear of Magog in the book of 1 Chronicles. It tells us again that Magog was Japheth’s son and Noah’s grandson. This verse merely repeats Genesis 10:2 word-for-word. There is one reference each to Gog and Magog in 1 Chronicles. What 1 Chronicles says about Gog and Magog So Magog was a real person, born after the flood to Noah’s son, Japheth. The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras” (Genesis 10:1, 2). And sons were born to them after the flood. “Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis simply says Noah had a grandson named Magog:
Notice the heading does not say “What Genesis Says About Gog and Magog.” That’s because Genesis doesn’t say anything about Gog. Let’s see what the Bible actually says about them. But a careful look at the verses in which they appear indicates otherwise. They have become linked in our minds so that we usually think of them together as an inseparable pair-or at least individuals who lived at the same time.
Gog and Magog are mentioned in four books of the Bible-Genesis, 1 Chronicles, and Ezekiel in the Old Testament and the book of Revelation in the New Testament.
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