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Boyd's Bible Dictionary: J
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James P. Boyd
(enlarged). Son of Noah (
Gen. 5:32; 6:10; 9:27; 10:21
32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 5:32)
10
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Genesis 6:10)
27
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (Genesis 9:27)
21
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. (Genesis 10:21)
). His generations peopled the “isles of the Gentiles,” and type the Indo-European and Caucasian races (
Gen. 10:1-5
1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
2
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
3
And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
4
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
5
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. (Genesis 10:1‑5)
).
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