Ham in the Bible

Meaning: hot; heat; brown

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In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

Then said Yahweh unto Joshua - Do not fear because of them, for, to-morrow, about this time, am I going to deliver up all of them, slain, before Israel, - their horses, shalt thou ham-string, and, their chariots, shalt thou burn up with fire.

And Joshua did unto them, as Yahweh had said unto him, - their horses, he ham-strung, and, their chariots, burned he up with fire.

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

And ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abra ham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

They answered and said to him: Abra ham is our father. Jesus said to them: If you were the children of Abraham, you would do the works of Abraham.

The God of Abra ham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you delivered up, and whom you rejected in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to release him.

I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abra ham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not observe it.

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Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob was a stranger in the land of Ham.

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and fearful things in the reed sea.

When he smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the most principal and mightiest in the dwellings of Ham.

And they found fat pasture and good and a wide land both quiet and fruitful: for they of Ham dwelt there before.

These did his tokens among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.


The sons of Noah that came out of the ark were: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham he is the father of Canaan.

As soon as Noah was awaked from his wine and wist what his youngest son had done unto him,

And when Noah was five hundred years old, he begat Shem, Ham and Japheth.

Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth.


The sons of Ham were: Cush, Mizraim, Phut and Canaan. The sons of Cush: were Seva, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah were: Sheba, and Dedan. Cush also begot Nimrod, which began to be mighty in the earth: read more.
He was a mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD, whereof came the proverb "he is as Nimrod, that mighty hunter in the sight of the LORD." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar: Out of that land came Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah. That is a great city. And Mizraim begat Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim and Casluhim: from whence came the Philistines, and the Caphthorines. Canaan also begat Sidon his eldest son and Heth, Jebusi, Amori, Girgosi, Hivi, Arki, Sini, Arvadi, Zemari and Hamathi. And afterward sprang the kindreds of the Canaanites. And the coasts of the Canaanites were from Sidon till thou come to Gerar and to Gaza, and till thou come to Sodom, Gomorrah, Adma, Zeboiim: even unto Lasha. These were the children of Ham in their kindreds, tongues, lands and nations.

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan. The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dadan. And Cush begat Nimrod: which Nimrod began to wax mighty upon the earth. read more.
And Mizraim begat Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, and Casluhim - of which came the Philistines and the Caphtorites. And Canaan begat Zidon his eldest son, and Heth, Jebusi, Amori, Girgashi, Hivi, Arki, Sini, Arvadi, Zemari and Hamathi.


The sons of Noah that came out of the ark were: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham he is the father of Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah, and of these was all the world overspread. And Noah, being a husbandman, went forth and planted a vineyard, read more.
and drank of the wine and was drunk, and lay uncovered in the midst of his tent. And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's privities, and told his two brethren that were without. And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on both their shoulders and went backward, and covered their father's secrets, but their faces were backward, so that they saw not their father's nakedness. As soon as Noah was awaked from his wine and wist what his youngest son had done unto him, he said, "Cursed be Canaan, and a servant, of all servants be he to his brethren." And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and Canaan be his servant. God increase Japheth that he may dwell in the tents of Shem. And Canaan be their servant."


Therefore in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, and smote the Giants in Ashteroth-Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,