Genesis 9:19 meaning and explanation
These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
Genesis 9:19, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse closes the short genealogy that follows the flood, naming Shem, Ham and Japheth as the three sons who came out of the ark with Noah. It is the narrator speaking, summing up what the preceding story has shown: the renewed human family begins with these three men, and the peoples of the earth trace their lines back to them.
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