Japheth
Sign in to saveJapheth ( 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.
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Japheth was one of Noah's three sons in the Book of Genesis who appears in the biblical story of Noah's drunkenness and is credited as the ancestor of various peoples across the Mediterranean, Anatolia, Caucasus, and other Eurasian regions. His significance lies in the biblical genealogy that traces the origins of European and Eurasian populations back to his line.
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- Etymology
- In the Book of Genesis
- Ethnogenetic interpretations
- Biblical descendants
- Europeans
- In the Islamic tradition
- In popular culture
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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.
In medieval and early modern European tradition he was considered to be the progenitor of the European peoples.