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Ham חָם
Ham, one of Noah's three sons, was the father of Canaan and the ancestor of various nations.
Family
Where Ham appears
Genesis (8), 1 Chronicles (2)
Key verses
- Genesis 5:32 first mention — And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 6:10 — And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 7:13 — In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
- 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 9:22 — And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.
- Genesis 10:1 — Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
- Genesis 10:6 — And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
- Genesis 10:20 — These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
- 1 Chronicles 1:4 — Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- 1 Chronicles 1:8 — The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.