Genesis 9:18

And the sons of Noach who went forth from the ark were Shem and Cham and Yapheth: and Cham is the father of Kenaan.

Targum Onkelos

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

17And the Lord said, This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between My Word and between all flesh which is upon the earth.

19These three are the sons of Noach and from them was the whole earth Overspread.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:32And Noach was a son of five hundred years, and Noach begat Shem, Cham, and Japheth.

Genesis 9:25and he said; Accursed be Kenaan, A working servant shall he be to his brethren.

Genesis 10:6And the sons of Cham, Kush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Kenaan.

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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