Ham

A written article for Ham is still to come. Below and alongside: where Ham appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 2600 BC
    1800 BC
  • Life of Ham
    2450 BC to 1850 BC

Original word

  • חָם ham
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Where Ham appears in Scripture

Genesis 5

וַֽיְהִי-נֹחַ בֶּן-חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ אֶת-שֵׁם אֶת-חָם וְאֶת-יָֽפֶת׃
32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6

וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ שְׁלֹשָׁה בָנִים אֶת-שֵׁם אֶת-חָם וְאֶת-יָֽפֶת׃
10
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 7

בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בָּא נֹחַ וְשֵׁם-וְחָם וָיֶפֶת בְּנֵי-נֹחַ וְאֵשֶׁת נֹחַ וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת נְשֵֽׁי-בָנָיו אִתָּם אֶל-הַתֵּבָֽה׃
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

וַיִּֽהְיוּ בְנֵי-נֹחַ הַיֹּֽצְאִים מִן-הַתֵּבָה שֵׁם וְחָם וָיָפֶת וְחָם הוּא אֲבִי כְנָֽעַן׃
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.
וַיַּרְא חָם אֲבִי כְנַעַן אֵת עֶרְוַת אָבִיו וַיַּגֵּד לִשְׁנֵֽי-אֶחָיו בַּחֽוּץ׃
22
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Genesis 10

וְאֵלֶּה תּֽוֹלְדֹת בְּנֵי-נֹחַ שֵׁם חָם וָיָפֶת וַיִּוָּֽלְדוּ לָהֶם בָּנִים אַחַר הַמַּבּֽוּל׃
1
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
וּבְנֵי חָם כּוּשׁ וּמִצְרַיִם וּפוּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃
6
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.
אֵלֶּה בְנֵי-חָם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לִלְשֹֽׁנֹתָם בְּאַרְצֹתָם בְּגֽוֹיֵהֶֽם׃
20
These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

1 Chronicles 1

נֹחַ שֵׁם חָם וָיָֽפֶת׃
4
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
בְּנֵי חָם כּוּשׁ וּמִצְרַיִם פּוּט וּכְנָֽעַן׃
8
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

1 Chronicles 4

וַֽיִּמְצְאוּ מִרְעֶה שָׁמֵן וָטוֹב וְהָאָרֶץ רַֽחֲבַת יָדַיִם וְשֹׁקֶטֶת וּשְׁלֵוָה כִּי מִן-חָם הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים שָׁם לְפָנִֽים׃
40
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

Psalms 78

וַיַּךְ כָּל-בְּכוֹר בְּמִצְרָיִם רֵאשִׁית אוֹנִים בְּאָהֳלֵי-חָֽם׃
51
And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:

Psalms 105

וַיָּבֹא יִשְׂרָאֵל מִצְרָיִם וְיַעֲקֹב גָּר בְּאֶֽרֶץ-חָֽם׃
23
Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
שָֽׂמוּ-בָם דִּבְרֵי אֹתוֹתָיו וּמֹפְתִים בְּאֶרֶץ חָֽם׃
27
They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

Psalms 106

נִפְלָאוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ חָם נוֹרָאוֹת עַל-יַם-סֽוּף׃
22
Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.