Thematic Bible: Japheth


Thematic Bible



Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had descendants. Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber.


Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham later fathered Canaan.)

Shem, Japheth's older brother, also had descendants. Shem was the father of the descendants of Eber.

After Noah had lived 500 years, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.


Japheth's descendants included Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer's descendants included Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. Javan's descendants included Elisha, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim, read more.
from whom the coastal nations spread into their own lands and nations, each with their own language and family groups.

Japheth's descendants were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. Gomer's descendants were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. Javan's descendants were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.


Noah's sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham later fathered Canaan.)

On that very day, Noah entered the ark with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, Noah's wife, his sons' three wives with them,


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.

May God make room for Japheth; may God live in Shem's tents, and may Canaan serve him."


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