Genesis 9:18

The sons of Noah, who left the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan.

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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

17God said to Noah, “it is the sign of the covenant which I have made with everything that lives on earth.”

19The descendants of these three sons of Noah spread over the whole earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:32When Noah was five hundred years old, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 9:25he said, Cursed be Canaan; may he be a slave of slaves to his brothers.

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