'Shem' can be understood to be internal worship, 'Japheth' is the corresponding external worship, 'Ham' is internal worship corrupted, and 'Canaan' is external worship separate from internal. These people never existed, but the kinds of worship had these names applied to them.

(Референци: Arcana Coelestia 1140)

1722. 'After he had returned from smiting Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him' means the release and reclamation of the apparent goods and truths. 'I his is clear from what has gone before and from what has been stated above regarding Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him.