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Japheth
Japheth meaning
The third son of Noah, brother to Shem and Ham, who received a blessing from God with Shem, considered to be the ancestor of the Japhetic people(s) (associated approx. with Indo-Europeans and Turkic peoples). | A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
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Another explanation based on a Jehovah's Witness understanding of the Bible gives the likelihood to Japheth as being the eldest.
Depicted in the book as Noah's younger son, Japheth is barely into adulthood, but at Noah's instigation is already married.
Frederick E. Greenspahn says that "Most moderns accept the common sequence of names as reflecting birth order and understand 10:21 as describing Shem as Japheth's older brother.
In this adaptation, Japheth has fallen in love with the family servant girl, Yonah, and wants to bring her onto the Ark to survive the flood, but is forbidden because Yonah is descended from Cain.
Smaller productions of the American version have the actor cast as Cain doubling as Japheth.
Some traditions narrated that 36 languages of the world could be traced back to Japheth.
The " Book of Jasher ", published by Talmudic rabbis in the 17th century, provides some new names for Japheth's grandchildren not found in the Bible, and provided a much more detailed genealogy (see Japhetic ).
The differing interpretations depend on whether the Hebrew word ha-gadol ("the elder") is taken as grammatically referring to Japheth, or Shem.
The verse is translated in the King James Version as follows, "Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born".