Riphath

Second son of Gomer the firstborn son of Japheth (youngest son of Noah); he was the brother of Ashkenaz and Togarmah. In Chronicles he is called Diphath (I Chr 1:6) but this is generally held to be a scribe's error. The reference is to a non-semitic people identified by Josephus with the Paphlagonians (Antiq. 1, 6, 1). They were most likely Anatolian, as was their father Gomer and their "brothers" Ashkenaz and Togarmah. Their name is perhaps preserved in the Riphean mountain range which was believed by the ancients to skirt the northern shore of the world.

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Riphath (ree-fath)- a crusher, Gomer's second son (Gen. 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6), supposed by Josephus to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonians. Pliny calls Riphath Riphaci and mentions a group of mountains named after him, the Riphæan range. Melo calls him Riphaces, and Solinus: Piphlataci.

Some Irish traditions say Riphath is the ancestor of the Celts.It is also thought that Riphath may have lived among his brother. Last name would be Redpath, Ridpath or Reidpath. Alternate spelling: Diphath (In Hebrew, D's and R's are often confused with each other because of orthographic similarity)

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