1Ch 1:5 | JFB | STEP | 4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth-- The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy ( ) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.

‏ 1 Chronicles 1:5

4-23. Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth--The three sons of this patriarch are enumerated, partly because they were the founders of the new world, and partly because the fulfilment of Noah's prophecy (Ge 9:25-27) could not otherwise appear to have been verified.