1 Chronicles 1 · Verse 4

1 Chronicles 1:4

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles 1:4, King James Version

1 Chronicles 1:4 in other translations

BSBThe sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
WEBNoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
ASVNoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
YLTNoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
DARBYNoah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
BBENoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
WebsterNoah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

What does 1 Chronicles 1:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 1:4-23
4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:1-27

This chapter, and many that follow, repeat the genealogies, or lists of fathers and children in the Bible history, and put them together, with many added. When compared with other places, there are some differences found; yet we must not therefore stumble at the word, but bless God that the things necessary to salvation are plain enough. The original of the Jewish nation is here traced from the first man that God…

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1 Chronicles 1:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נֹ֥חַNo.achNoahH5146
שֵׁ֖םshemShemH8035
חָ֥םchamHamH2526
וָיָֽפֶת\׃\ \סva.Ya.fetand JaphethH3315

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 1:4

  • 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 7:1

    And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

  • Genesis 9:29

    And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.

  • Matthew 24:37-38

    But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

  • Isaiah 54:9-10

    For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

  • Ezekiel 14:14

    Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

  • Luke 3:36

    Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

  • Hebrews 11:7

    By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

  • Genesis 6:8-10

    But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • Luke 17:26

    And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.

  • 2 Peter 2:5

    And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Noah.
Ge 5:32; 6:8,9; 7:1; 9:29; Isa 54:9,10; Eze 14:14; Mt 24:37,38
Lu 3:36; 17:26
Noe.
Heb 11:7; 2Pe 2:5
Shem.
Ge 5:32; 6:10; 9:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Chronicles 1:3

    Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

  • 1 Chronicles 1:4

    Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:5

    The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

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1 Chronicles 1:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Noé, Sem, Châm, y Japhet.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Noé; Sem, Cham, et Japheth.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Noah, Sem, Ham, und Japhet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Noë, Sem, Cham, et Japtheth.