See Japhet on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 9:18:",
"text": "Y los hijos de Noé que salieron del arca fueron Sem, Châm y Japhet: y Châm es el padre de Canaán.",
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