Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham later fathered Canaan.) These three were Noah's sons, and from these men the whole earth was repopulated. Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard. read more.
He drank some of the wine, got drunk, and lay down naked right in the middle of his tent. Ham, who fathered Canaan, saw his father's genitals and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took their father's cloak, laid it across both their shoulders, and walking backwards, they both covered their father's genitals. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father's genitals. When Noah sobered up and learned what his youngest son had done to him, he said, "Canaan is cursed! He will be the lowest of slaves to his relatives." He also said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Shem, and may Canaan be his slave. May God make room for Japheth; may God live in Shem's tents, and may Canaan serve him."


Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham later fathered Canaan.) These three were Noah's sons, and from these men the whole earth was repopulated.

These are the records of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, to whom descendants were born after the flood. Japheth's descendants included Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer's descendants included Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. read more.
Javan's descendants included Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim, from whom the coastal nations spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups. Ham's descendants included Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush's descendants included Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah's descendants included Sheba and Dedan. Cush fathered Nimrod, who became the first fearless leader throughout the land. He became a fearless hunter in defiance of the LORD. That is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a fearless hunter in defiance of the LORD." His kingdom began in the region of Shinar with the cities of Babylon, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh. From there he went north to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, and Calah, along with Resen, which was located between Nineveh and the great city of Calah. Egypt fathered the Ludites, the Anamites, the Lehabites, the Naphtuhites, the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from which came the Philistines), and the Caphtorites. Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn, along with the Hittites, the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later, the Canaanite families were widely scattered. The Canaanite border extended south from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and east toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. These are Ham's descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups. Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had descendants. Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber. Shem's sons included Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram's descendants included Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arpachshad fathered Cainan, Cainan fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. To Eber were born two sons. One was named Peleg, because the earth was divided during his lifetime. His brother was named Joktan. Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were Joktan's descendants. Their settlements extended from Mesha towards Sephar, the eastern hill country. These are Shem's descendants, listed by their families, each with their own lands, language, and family groups. These are the families of Noah's sons, according to their records, by their nations. From these people, the nations on the earth spread out after the flood.