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Japheth

A journey · 3 stops

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Japheth · −2500 – −1900

  1. 1. Ararat −2400 – −2350

    Japheth comes out of the ark with his family. With Shem, he covers his father, and Noah prays: may God enlarge Japheth.

  2. 2. Shinar −2349 – −2269

    The families gather in Shinar. After the tower, the languages divide and they scatter.

  3. 3. Anatolia −2200 – −1900

    The Torah does not say where Japheth himself went. His sons spread north and west to the coastlands, so the map places him in Anatolia, between them.