Japheth
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Person in Genesis 6:9–10: Japheth.
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- 1CH 1:1–4, engwebp
1Adam, Seth, Enosh,
2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- 1CH 1:5–7, engwebp
5The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
6The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.
7The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
- GEN 5:28–32, engwebp
28Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.
29He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed.”
30Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
31All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
32Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- GEN 6:9–10, engwebp
9This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
10Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- GEN 7:7–13, engwebp
7Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.
8Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground
9went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
10After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.
11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.
12It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship—
- GEN 9:18–19, engwebp
18The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
- GEN 9:20–29, engwebp
20Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
21He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
23Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.
24Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
25He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
26He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
27May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
28Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
29All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
- GEN 10:1–2, engwebp
1Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
2The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
- GEN 10:21–31, engwebp
21Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
22The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
23The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.
26Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
30Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
31These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
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Noah — Father of — Japheth
Evidence: Genesis 6:9–10
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Japheth — Father of — Gomer (son of Japheth)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:5–7, Genesis 10:1–2
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Japheth — Father of — Magog
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:5–7, Genesis 10:1–2
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Japheth — Father of — Madai
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:5–7, Genesis 10:1–2
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Japheth — Father of — Javan
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:5–7, Genesis 10:1–2
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Japheth — Father of — Tubal (son of Japheth)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:5–7, Genesis 10:1–2
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Japheth — Father of — Meshech
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:5–7, Genesis 10:1–2
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Japheth — Father of — Tiras
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:5–7, Genesis 10:1–2
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Shem — Sibling of — Japheth
Evidence: Genesis 10:21–31
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Appears in the narrated event (4) — Noah and his three sons, Noah’s family enters the ark, Noah’s sons after leaving the ark, Noah’s vineyard, the words about his sons, and his death
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Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship—
The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.
May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Japheth (person-japheth) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/japheth Current wording: Person in Genesis 6:9–10: Japheth. Cited evidence: 1CH 1:1–4, engwebp / 1CH 1:5–7, engwebp / GEN 5:28–32, engwebp / GEN 6:9–10, engwebp / GEN 7:7–13, engwebp / GEN 9:18–19, engwebp / GEN 9:20–29, engwebp / GEN 10:1–2, engwebp (and 1 more of 9) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.