Ham
Mentioned 2447–1041 BC traditional (Jones)
Warm, hot, and hence the south; also an Egyptian word meaning “black”, the youngest son of Noah (Gen. 5:32; comp. 9:22, 24). The curse pronounced by Noah against Ham, properly against Canaan his fourth son, was accomplished when the Jews subsequently exterminated the Canaanites.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
- The 11th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
- Mentioned in the era of the Patriarchs, 1996–1707 BC.
- Named in the same verses as Japheth, Noah, Shem, Canaan, Cush, Mizraim, and Phut.
Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).
Family
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Stories
6 events in which Ham takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).
- 2347 BCThe Great FloodGen 7:6–8:19
- 2347 BCThe Great Flood beginsGen 7:6-17
- 2347 BCWater covers the earthGen 7:18-24
- 2346 BCThe flood subsidesGen 8:1-14
- 2346 BCLeaving the ArkGen 8:15-19
- 2345 BCNoah gets drunk and Canaan is cursedGen 9:20-27
Places
Places named in the same verses as Ham, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.
Timeline
The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 2799–689 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.
Mentions
14 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.
The name in each translation
| Text | Occurrences of each name |
|---|---|
| BSB | Ham 16 |
| KJV | Ham 17 |
| ASV | Ham 17 |
Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts
Every verse
All 14 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.
Genesis8 verses
- 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- 6:10
And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
- 9:18
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
- 9:22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
- 10:1
This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- 10:6
The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
- 10:20
These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
1 Chronicles2 verses
Psalms4 verses
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.
Warm, hot, and hence the south; also an Egyptian word meaning “black”, the youngest son of Noah (Gen. 5:32; comp. 9:22, 24). The curse pronounced by Noah against Ham, properly against Canaan his fourth son, was accomplished when the Jews subsequently exterminated the Canaanites.
One of the most important facts recorded in Gen. 10 is the foundation of the earliest monarchy in Babylonia by Nimrod the grandson of Ham (6, 8, 10). The primitive Babylonian empire was thus Hamitic, and of a cognate race with the primitive inhabitants of Arabia and of Ethiopia.
The race of Ham were the most energetic of all the descendants of Noah in the early times of the post-diluvian world.