Editing Japheth (section)

==In popular culture==
{{Main|Children of Eden}}

Japheth is a major character in the second act of [[Stephen Schwartz (composer)|Stephen Schwartz]]'s musical, ''Children of Eden''. In this rendition, Japheth has fallen in love with the family servant, Yonah (created entirely for the show). He wants to bring her onto the ark to allow her to survive the flood, but Noah forbids this as Father (God) is trying to wipe the world free of those descended from [[Cain and Abel|Cain]]. Yonah is descended from Cain, despite her good heart and love from the family. Japheth secretly brings her aboard, and she is eventually discovered by Ham and Shem. Japheth defends her from Noah and is about to kill Shem in his rage. Yonah stops and calms him, and Noah decides to let her stay. The flood passes and the brothers all depart for different regions to populate the world, but Japheth and Yonah decide they want to search for [[Garden of Eden|Eden]]. Noah blesses their journey by passing the staff of [[Adam]] to Japheth. Smaller casts of the show usually have the actor who portrays Cain to also portray Japheth.