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Which areas of the world did Noah's sons Shem, Ham and Japheth, along with their wives, travel to after they left their father? We first start with Noah who, at the age of 480, was commanded by God to build an ark (Genesis 6:3).
The Son's of Noah. This map shows the locations of the nations descended from Noah's 3 sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Shem (Asia) Shem (Heb. "Name") was Noah's oldest son and part of Noah's family of eight who survived the great flood. Shem and his wife were childless before the flood, but after the flood Shem bore a son at 110 years of age.
Genesis 7:13 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; Genesis 9:23 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces ...
Shem's son Asshur (the grandson of Noah), who descendants are not listed in the above table, settled in an area near the Tigris River in northern Mesopotamia. They eventually gave rise to the mighty nation of Assyria, which is considered the first large power in human history.
22 lip 2024 · Canaan, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah, settled in the area that would later become Israel, the territory God had promised to the Jews. They became known as the Canaanites.
4 sty 2022 · Noah’s firstborn son, Japheth, is listed as the father of Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras (Genesis 10:2). Their descendants became the people who lived to the north and west of Israel and, after Babel, spoke what today are classified as Indo-European languages.
Ancient Israel tradition has it that Noah, along with the sons of Noah and their families, settled on the lower slopes of the northern side of Mount Ararat. Noah lived for 350 years after the flood, dying as the 3rd oldest man in the Bible at 950 years.
