Japheth

Born c. 2447 BC (traditional dating)

Father: Noah

Children: Magog, Tubal, Tiras, Madai, Meshech, Gomer, Javan

Siblings: Ham, Shem

Mentioned in 11 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Japheth is mentioned

  • 1 Chronicles 1:4–5

    4 The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

    5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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  • Genesis 5:32

    After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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  • Genesis 6:10

    And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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  • Genesis 7:13–14

    13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—

    14 they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.

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  • Genesis 9:18

    The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

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  • Genesis 9:23

    Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

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  • Genesis 9:27

    May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

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  • Genesis 10:1–2

    1 This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.

    2 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

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  • Genesis 10:21

    And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

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