Japheth

[ jey-fith ]

/ ˈdʒeɪ fɪθ /

a son of Noah. Gen. 5:32.

Origin of Japheth

< Late Latin < Greek Iapheth < Hebrew Yepheth

God shall enlarge Japheth,  And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem;  And Canaan shall be his servant.

The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis |The Daily Beast |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis |The Daily Beast |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis |The Daily Beast |March 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Dabneys and the Farleys made one party, and Japheth knew the steamer and the sailing date.

The Quickening |Francis Lynde

On the other hand, Shem and Japheth are blessed, but in comparison with Ham, they and their posterity are beggarly.

Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II |Martin Luther
Whether the mental powers of Shem and Japheth, were originally superior to those of Ham, we know not.

A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin |A. Woodward
These are two independent branches of the tree of living forms, as the Greeks and Romans were branches of the stock of Japheth.

Concerning Animals and Other Matters |E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)
Japheth's going to surprise you some, I reckon, son; he's gone and got religion.

The Quickening |Francis Lynde

Japheth

/ (ˈdʒeɪfɛθ) /

Old Testament the second son of Noah, traditionally regarded as the ancestor of a number of non-Semitic nations (Genesis 10:1–5)