1 Chronicles 1:4
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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5The sons of Japheth: Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.
Cross References
Genesis 5:32And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 7:1And the Lord said to Noah, Take all your family and go into the ark, for you only in this generation have I seen to be upright.
Genesis 9:29all the years of his life were nine hundred and fifty: and he came to his end.
Isaiah 54:9For this is like the days of Noah to me: for as I took an oath that the waters of Noah would never again go over the earth, so have I taken an oath that I will not again be angry with you, or say bitter words to you.
Matthew 24:37And as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man.
Luke 17:26And as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the day of the Son of man.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 1:2-28
First Chronicles In common things repetition is thought needless and nauseous; but, in sacred things, precept must be upon precept and line upon line. To me, says the apostle, to write the same things is not grievous, but for you it is safe, Phil. iii. 1 . These books of Chronicles are in a great measure repetition; so are much of the second and third of the four evangelists: and yet there are no tautologies either here or there no vain repetitions. We may be ready to think that of all the books of holy scripture… Read the whole commentary →