Genesis 9:18
The sons of Noah who came out of the boat were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham later became the father of Canaan.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
19All the people on the earth are descended from those three sons of Noah.
Cross References
Genesis 5:32When Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of a son whom he named Shem. Later he became the father of another son whom he named Ham, and later he became the father of another son whom he named Japheth.
Genesis 9:25He said, “I am cursing Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, and his descendants. They will be like slaves to their uncles.
Genesis 10:6The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, 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 →