Genesis 9:18

Noah's sons who left the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Ham was the father of the Canaanites.)

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In The King James Version

And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

In Context

17Then God told Noah, “This is the sign of the agreement I'm making between me and every creature on earth.”

19All the people who are spread over the world are descended from these three sons of Noah.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:32Noah was 500 before he had Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 9:25and said, “May Canaan be cursed! He will be the lowest kind of slave and will serve his brothers!”

Genesis 10:6The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:13-18

12 And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: 13 I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. 14 And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to… Read the whole commentary →

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