The meaning of Japheth in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)

wide spreading: "God shall enlarge Japheth" (Heb. Yaphat Elohim le-Yephet, Genesis 9:27. Some, however, derive the name from yaphah , "to be beautiful;" hence white), one of the sons of Noah, mentioned last in order (Genesis 5:32; 6:10; 7:13), perhaps first by birth (10:21; comp 9:24). He and his wife were two of the eight saved in the ark (I Peter 3:20). He was the progenitor of many tribes inhabiting the east of Europe and the north of Asia (Genesis 10:2-5). An act of filial piety (9:20-27) was the occasion of Noah's prophecy of the extension of his posterity.

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