Jewish mythology

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.

Cain is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He is the elder brother of Abel, and the firstborn son of Adam and Eve, the first couple within the Bible. He was a farmer who gave an offering of his crops to God. However, God was not pleased and favored Abel's offering over Cain's. Out of jealousy, Cain killed his brother, for which he was punished by God with the curse and mark of Cain. He had several descendants, starting with his son Enoch and including Lamech.

thumb|267px|Nimrod by David Scott (painter)|David Scott, 1832 Nimrod is a biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis and the Books of Chronicles. The son of Cush and thus the great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of Shinar (Lower Mesopotamia). The Bible states that he was "a mighty hunter before the Lᴏʀᴅ [and] ... began to be mighty in the earth". Nimrod became a symbol of defiance against God.

tree of forbidden fruit of knowledge in first biblical narrative, book of Genesis

in Christianity, the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience

mountain in Jordan

creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity

story of the freeing of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt, narrated in the Torah

term used in the Hebrew Bible

object of irresistable temptation and disobedience in the first biblical narrative

biblical character (Book of Daniel), ancient king

body of myths associated with Judaism

biblical place of comfort for the righteous dead

serpents in biblical narrative

thumb|230px|right|This T and O map, from the first printed version of Isidore's [[Etymologiae (Augsburg 1472), identifies the three known continents (Asia, Europe, and Africa) as respectively populated by descendants of Sem (Shem), Iafeth (Japheth), and Cham (Ham).]]

thumb|Detail of choir (architecture)|choir windows in St Mary's church, [[Frankfurt (Oder), Germany (c. 1360s). The Red Jews wait at the banks of the river Sambation.]] According to rabbinic literature, the Sambation () is the river beyond which the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel were exiled by the Assyrian king Shalmaneser V (Sanchairev).

sources and parallels of the Exodus narrative