Japheth
father of the coastland peoples
Who was Japheth?
- One of Noah’s three sons. He was saved in the ark with his family. Genesis 6:10; Genesis 7:13
- Together with his brother Shem, he covered their father with a cloak, without looking at him. Genesis 9:23
- Noah asked God to make Japheth great. From his sons came the peoples of the coastlands and the islands. Genesis 9:27; Genesis 10:5
What the Bible says
Genesis 6:10; Genesis 7:13
And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
Genesis 9:23
But Sem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the nakedness of their father: and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
Genesis 9:27; Genesis 10:5
May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Sem, and Chanaan be his servant.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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