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page 1Children of Noah

Japheth
Japheth ( Yép̄eṯ, in pausa Yā́p̄eṯ; '; ; ') was one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis. In the biblical narrative he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunkenness and the curse of Ham, and subsequently in the Table of Nations, he is named as the ancestor of the peoples of the Aegean Sea, Anatolia, Caucasus, Greece, and elsewhere in Eurasia.

Shem
thumb|Shem, Ham (son of Noah)|Ham and [[Japheth by James Tissot 1900. Shem is on the left with a similar skin color to other Biblical figures painted by Tissot.]]
Ham
biblical figure, son of Noah