Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

1 CHRONICLES 1:4KJV
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1 Chronicles 1:4 (KJV)

What does 1 Chronicles 1:4 mean?

1 Chronicles 1:4 lists the names of Noah and his three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. This verse is part of a genealogy, showing the direct descendants from Noah after the flood.

The book of 1 Chronicles begins with a series of genealogies, and this verse is part of that opening section. The writer is recording the family line for the people of Israel, tracing their origins back to Noah, who, according to the Bible, was the ancestor of all people after the flood. This verse sets the stage for the following verses, which will detail the descendants of each son and how the nations spread out from them.

Where else these words appear

“Japheth” Hebrew H3315 · used in 11 verses

  • Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  • 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.
  • Genesis 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

“Ham” Hebrew H2526 · used in 15 verses

  • Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  • Genesis 9:22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

“Shem” Hebrew H8035 · used in 16 verses

  • Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  • Genesis 9:26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
  • Genesis 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

“Noah” Hebrew H5146 · used in 39 verses

  • Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
  • Genesis 7:9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
  • Genesis 9:8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,