Japheth

Role: son · First appears: The Curse Of Drunkenness

When Noah was covered by his sons, Shem and Japheth carried a garment on their shoulders and, walking backward with averted faces, covered their father’s nakedness. Noah blessed them, declaring that Japheth’s sons would dwell in Shem’s academies: “God will grant a land of beauty to Japheth, and his sons will be proselytes dwelling in the academies of Shem.”

Later, Japheth built a city and named it Adataneses for his wife. In the year 1569 after the creation of the world, Noah divided the earth by lot among Japheth, Ham, and Shem; “the north became the inheritance of Japheth,” while Ham received the south. The three brothers then divided their allotted portions among their own children by lot.

Relationship record

Life events

• Shem and Japheth covered Noah's nakedness while walking backward with averted faces.(The Curse Of Drunkenness)
  • With: Shem Noah
  • “so Shem and Japheth received a reward for the filial, deferential way in which they took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders, and walking backward, with averted faces, covered the nakedness of their father.”
• Noah blessed Shem and Japheth, declaring that Japheth's sons would dwell in Shem's academies.(The Curse Of Drunkenness)
  • With: Noah Shem
  • “The relation of Shem to Japheth was expressed in the blessing their father pronounced upon them: God will grant a land of beauty to Japheth, and his sons will be proselytes dwelling in the academies of Shem.”
• Japheth built a city and named it Adataneses for his wife.(Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad)
  • “Jealous of his brother, Japheth followed his example. He likewise built a city which he named for his wife, Adataneses.”
• Noah divided the earth by lot among his three sons.(Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad)
  • With: Noah Ham Shem
  • “In the year 1569 after the creation of the world, Noah divided the earth by lot among his three sons, in the presence of an angel.”
• Ham received the south, and Japheth received the north, as their inheritances.(Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad)
  • With: Ham
  • “The south fell to the lot of Ham, and the north became the inheritance of Japheth.”
• Noah's three sons divided their allotted portions among their own children by lot.(Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad)
  • With: Noah Ham Shem
  • “In turn, the three sons of Noah, while they were still standing in the presence of their father, divided each his portion among his children, Noah threatening with his curse any who should stretch out his hand to take a portion not assigned to him by lot.”

The Curse Of Drunkenness

• parent: Noah “Noah has three sons, yet he desires to beget a fourth besides.”
• siblings with Ham “His son Ham saw him there, and he told his brothers what he had noticed”
• siblings with Shem “The relation of Shem to Japheth was expressed in the blessing their father pronounced upon them”

Noah's Descendants Spread Abroad

• parent: Noah “Jealous of his brother, Japheth followed his example. He likewise built a city which he named for his wife, Adataneses.”
• married with Adataneses “Jealous of his brother, Japheth followed his example. He likewise built a city which he named for his wife, Adataneses.”
• siblings with Ham “Jealous of his brother, Japheth followed his example.”
• siblings with Shem “Shem was the only one of the sons of Noah who did not abandon him.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Legends of the Jews, Volume I. Made with Rho MD.