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Noah’s family: Shem, Ham and Japheth
Follow Noah’s connections to his three sons and to Canaan, the son of Ham.
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Shem, Ham and Japheth are Noah’s sons. Canaan is Ham’s son, not another son of Noah. This chart shows named people without supplying names for the wives in the ark.
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Shem Noah is the father of Shem.
Source: Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Ham, son of Noah Noah is the father of Ham.
Source: Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Japheth Noah is the father of Japheth.
Source: Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Noah is the father of Shem.
Source: Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Noah is the father of Ham.
Source: Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Noah is the father of Japheth.
Source: Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Ham is the father of Canaan.
Source: Genesis 9:18
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
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