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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70288" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70288" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> [[Japheth]] (''jâ'pheth'' ), ''enlargement.'' One of the three sons of Noah. The descendants of Japheth occupied the "isles of the Gentiles," [[R.]] [[V.]] "isles of the nations," Genesis 10:5—''i.e.'' , the coast lands of the Mediterranean sea in Europe and Asia Minor—whence they spread northward over the whole continent of Europe and a considerable portion of Asia. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73467" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73467" /> == | ||