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The Turks, Slavs, and Gog and Magog, with several other peoples who are
unknown to us, descend from Japhet.
Ham and Japhet were thus punished for having laughed while seeing their
father's genital parts.50
Though it is certainly a vain wish, one would Hke to know the
source frotn which the authors of Genesis took the theme of the
partition of the world, and also the names of the three parties
involved. The form which they gave it is in any case closer to the
Indian legend (Yayati and his sons) than to the Iranian (Feridtin
and his sons), and, Hke the Indian, it not only brings together in one
generation a reflective son and his heedless brothers, but also a son
who honors his father and others who disregard him.

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