The descendants of Japheth become the outliers of the Old Testament. Noah tells his son that his descendants would "dwell in the tents" of the Semites. Before that would happen, though, most of the Semites would be assimilated into the Japhethites after Assyria forced the tribes of the northern kingdom (known at the time as "Israel") into the intermarrying with surrounding peoples. 1. Japheth 2. Gomer 3. Ashkenaz 3. Riphath 3. Togarmah 2. Magog 2. Madai The Medes 2. Javan (Greece) 3. Elishah 3. Tarshish 3. Kittim (Crete) 3. Dodanim 2. Tubal 2. Meshech 2. Tiras