Flavius and the Book of Jubilees described the continents as the lands given by Noah to his three sons ; Europe was defined as stretching from the Pillars of Hercules at the Strait of Gibraltar, separating it from North Africa, to the Don, separating it from Asia.

Genesis appears to be structured around the recurring phrase elleh toledot, meaning " these are the generations ," with the first use of the phrase referring to the " generations of heaven and earth " and the remainder marking individuals — Noah, the " sons of Noah ", Shem, etc., down to Jacob.

Japheth ( Hebrew יפת, Yapheth, Modern Hebrew: Yafet ; Greek Ἰάφεθ, Turkish Yafes, Iapheth, Latin Iafeth or Iapetus, Arabic يافث ) is one of the sons of Noah in the Abrahamic tradition.

Genesis 5: 32 states that Noah had three sons when he was five hundred years old.

:" Japhet, the son of Noah, had seven sons: they inhabited so, that, beginning at the mountains Taurus and Amanus, they proceeded along Asia, as far as the river Tanais ( Don ), and along Europe to Cadiz ; and settling themselves on the lands which they light upon, which none had inhabited before, they called the nations by their own names.

In the 19th century, Biblical syncretists associated the sons of Noah with ancient pagan gods.

In his five hundredth year Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth.

In the 18th and 19th centuries the view that Ham's sons in general had been literally " blackened " by the curse of Noah was cited as justification for black slavery.

According to the Biblical narrative, the Deluge covered the whole world, killing every surface-dwelling creature except Noah, his wife, his sons and their wives, sea creatures, and the animals taken aboard Noah's Ark.

:" And in the twenty-eighth jubilee Anno Mundi | A. M. Noah began to enjoin upon his sons ' sons the ordinances and commandments, and all the judgments that he knew, and he exhorted his sons to observe righteousness, and to cover the shame of their flesh, and to bless their Creator, and honour father and mother, and love their neighbour, and guard their souls from fornication and uncleanness and all iniquity.

Shem ( ; Sēm ; Arabic: Sām ; Ge ' ez: ሴም, Sēm ; " renown ; prosperity ; name ") was one of the sons of Noah in the Hebrew Bible as well as in Islamic literature.

Islamic literature describes Shem as one of the believing sons of Noah.

Geographic identifications of Flavius Josephus, c. 100 AD ; Japheth's sons shown in red, Ham ( son of Noah ) | Ham's sons in blue, Shem's sons in green.

For instance the Jewish text Pirqei R. Eliezer, depicts God as dividing the earth among Noah ‘ s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet, and attributing different skin colors to them ( literally, — blessing “ them with different skin colors ): light colored skin for the

Bar Hebraeus speaks of Noah dividing the world among his three sons, with Ham getting the Land of the Blacks ( sūdān ), Shem the Land of the Browns ( sumra ), and Japheth the Land of the Reds ( łuqra ).

Elam (; ע ֵ יל ָ ם ) in the Hebrew Bible ( Genesis 10: 22, Ezra 4: 9 ;) is said to be one of the sons of Shem, the son of Noah.

In Shem, the elder brother of Ham and Japheth, first born son of Noah, is referred to as the father of the sons of Eber ( עבר ), which may have a similar meaning.

According to Genesis 10, Noah had three sons:

`` God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life '', and `` as many as received him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name ''.

:" for a bad custom has prevailed amongst the clergy, of appointing the most powerful people of a parish stewards, or, rather, patrons, of their churches ; who, in process of time, from a desire of gain, have usurped the whole right, appropriating to their own use the possession of all the lands, leaving only to the clergy the altars, with their tenths and oblations, and assigning even these to their sons and relations in the church.

" Ever since the time of my ancestor Ali, the first Imam, that is to say over a period of thirteen hundred years, it has always been the tradition of our family that each Imam chooses his successor at his absolute and unfettered discretion from amongst any of his descendants, whether they be sons or remote male issue and in these circumstances and in view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world in very recent years due to the great changes which have taken place including the discoveries of atomic science, I am convinced that it is in the best interest of the Shia Muslim Ismailia Community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age and who brings a new outlook on life to his office as Imam.

Anna then protested that the family was in fear for their lives, her sons were loyal subjects ( Alexios and Isaac were discovered absent without leave ), and had learned of a plot by enemies of the Komnenoi to have them both blinded and had, therefore, fled the capital so they may continue to be of loyal service to the emperor.

More purely Hellenic myth would have Amathus settled instead by one of the sons of Heracles, thus accounting for the fact that he was worshiped there.

Hellen, Graikos, Magnis, and Macedon were sons of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the only people who survived the Great Flood ; the ethne were said to have originally been named after the elder son Graikoi but renamed later after Hellen who was proved to be the strongest.

Like the previous, this Aeolus was said to have had had twelve children-six sons and six daughters.

The sons were said to have become kings: Iocastus of the region in southern Italy as far as Rhegium ; Pheraemon and Androcles of the part of Sicily between the Strait of Messina and Lilybaeum ; Xuthus of Leontini ; Agathyrnus of what was known as Agathyrnitis, having founded Agathyrnum ; and Astyochus of Lipara.

According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Ælle and three of his sons are said to have landed at a place called Cymensora and fought against the local Britons.

** Zehra Kadriye Katırcıoğlu ( Istanbul 12 March 1929-Istanbul 15 May 2012 ), married Ahmet Cevat Tugay have 4 sons and a daughter

Al-Fihri would have to report once a day to Abd al-Rahman, as well as turn over some of his sons and daughters as hostages.

They have no misgivings about the death penalty ; their position is that evil-doers who deserve death should be killed, and that a king in particular is obliged to punish criminals and should not hesitate to kill them, even if they happen to be his own brothers and sons.

Constantly fearing that his sons may have sinned and " cursed God in their hearts ", he habitually offered burnt offerings as a pardon for their sins.

Conservative Party MP found to have reclaimed salaries he had paid to his two sons who had in fact not carried out the work to the extent claimed.

Abulurd and his wife have two sons: Glossu Rabban ( later nicknamed " Beast Rabban " after he murders his own father ) and Feyd-Rautha ; Vladimir later adopts the boys back into House Harkonnen, and Feyd becomes his designated heir.

Jesse had seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to him, " The Lord has not chosen these .” So he asked Jesse, " Are these all the sons you have?

' Fond mamas have brought their sons to me to hear their childish voices lisp the poem, but Thayer's was the worst of all.

Once her sons had left for Paris, Eleanor may have encouraged the lords of the south to rise up and support them.

She did not have the opportunity to see her sons very often during her imprisonment, though she was released for special occasions such as Christmas.

In the last thousand years, sons of an imperial male and a Fujiwara woman have been preferred in the succession.

Kim has theorized that Emperor Keitai may have been a brother of Muryeong of Baekje, and they may be sons of Konchi of Baekje ( 곤지, 昆支 ).

The study also suggests that per year increases in the portion of father / son family household income generated by fathers / sons have slowed ( from an average of 0. 9 % to 0. 3 %), barely keeping pace with inflation, though increases in overall father / son family household income are progressively higher each year because more women are entering the workplace, contributing to family household income if they're married or cohabitating.

Minnie Marx did not have an entertainment industry career, but had intense ambition for her sons to go on the stage like their uncle.

They have four sons, George, Harry, Tobias, and Angus.