Old Testament
Tiras
The youngest son of Japheth and grandson of Noah, listed in the Table of Nations.
Tiras is identified in the genealogies of Genesis 10 and 1 Chronicles 1 as a descendant of Noah through Japheth. He represents one of the ancestral lines that populated the earth following the flood. While the text provides no further narrative details, he is significant as a progenitor of the nations that spread into their own lands according to their clans and languages.
In the text
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First appears
- Genesis 10:2
- Last appears
- 1 Chronicles 1:5
Where Tiras appears
2 verses · 2 chaptersIn the same books
- Bilhah11 versesRachel's handmaid who became a concubine to Jacob and the mother of his sons Dan and Naphtali.
- Ham11 versesOne of Noah's three sons who survived the Flood and became the ancestor of various nations.
- Japheth11 versesOne of Noah's three sons who survived the Flood and became a patriarch of the nations.
- Anah10 versesA Horite leader and son of Zibeon whose daughter Oholibamah became a wife of Esau.
- Bethuel10 versesThe son of Nahor and Milcah, father of Rebekah and Laban, and nephew of Abraham.
- Put2 versesA son of Ham and progenitor of a North African people group often associated with ancient Libya.
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