Japheth
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Japheth was one of the three sons of Noah in the Book of Genesis. In the narrative of the Hebrew Bible, he plays a role in the story of Noah's drunkenness and the curse of Ham, and subsequently in the
"Japhet third son of Noah", as depicted in Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum (c. 1553)
Noah's Drunkenness, painting by James Tissot (between 1896 and 1902), Jewish Museum (Manhattan, New York). The painting depicts Noah lying in his tent; Shem (in Tyrian purple) and Japheth (in blue) are holding up the cloak with their back to Noah; Ham is standing to the side.
Shem
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Shem is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible.
Japheth
…appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the three sons of Noah, saved from the Flood through the Ark. In the Book of Genesis, they are always in the order "Shem (שֵׁם, Šēm), Ham (חָם, Ḥām), and Japheth" when all three are listed. Genesis 9:24 calls Ham the youngest, and Genesis 10:21 refers ambiguously to Shem…
Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by Guillaume Rouillé