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Japheth / ˈ dʒ eɪ f ɛ θ / (Hebrew: יֶפֶת Yép̄eṯ, in pausa יָפֶת Yā́p̄eṯ; Greek: Ἰάφεθ Iápheth; Latin: Iafeth, Iapheth, Iaphethus, Iapetus; Arabic: يافث Yāfith) is one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis, in which he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunkenness and the curse of Ham, and subsequently in the Table of Nations as the ancestor ...
The baqarah (Arabic: بَقَرْة, cow) of the Israelites [3]; The dhiʾb (Arabic: ذِئب, wolf) that Jacob feared could attack Joseph, and who was blamed for his disappearance [22] [23]
[3] The list of 70 names introduces for the first time several well-known ethnonyms and toponyms important to biblical geography, [4] such as Noah's three sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, from which 18th-century German scholars at the Göttingen school of history derived the race terminology Semites, Hamites, and Japhetites.
Exodus 3:1: Quran 26:177: Jesus: ʿĪsā: Yeshua: Matthew 1:16: Quran 3:59: Joachim or Heli: ʿImrān: Yehoyaqim Islamic tradition holds both Joachim and Amram are named the same, though the Quran only refers to Joachim with the name of Amram and calls Mary the sister of Aaron, [10] Muslims see this as connecting the two women from two ...
Noah, also known as Nuh (Arabic: نُوحٌ, romanized: Nūḥ), [1] is recognized in Islam as a prophet and messenger of God. He is also believed to be the first messenger sent by God. [2] He is one of the Ulul 'azm prophets. [3] Noah's mission was to warn his people, who were plunged in idol worshipping.
According to the Book of Jubilees (10:35-36), Madai had married a daughter of Shem, and preferred to live among Shem's descendants, rather than dwell in his allotted inheritance beyond the Black Sea (seemingly corresponding to the British Isles), [3] so he begged his brothers-in-law, Elam, Asshur and Arphaxad, until he finally received from them the land that was named after him, Media.
In medieval and early modern European tradition he was considered to be the ancestor of the peoples of Asia, [2] [3] [4] and he gives his name to the title "Semites" formerly given to West Asian peoples. [5] Islamic literature describes Shem as one of the believing sons of Noah. Some sources even identify Shem as a prophet in his own right and ...
Noah's son Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his brothers, which led to Ham's son Canaan being cursed by Noah. [ 10 ] As early as the Classical era , commentators on Genesis 9:20–21 [ 13 ] have excused Noah's excessive drinking because he was considered to be the first wine drinker; the first person to discover the ...