Genesis 6:10
in Genesis 6And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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ASV
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
KJV
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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This verse in Genesis 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
This is the account of Noah
on Genesis 6:9-10
The phrase walked with God was used of Enoch at 5:24, and it is used of Noah here. The verse sets him down as righteous and blameless in his generation, and names his three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth. Genesis follows Shem's line down to Abram.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
14 ); it was with his servants the prophets ( Amos iii. 7 ), by a spirit of revelation, informing them particularly of his purposes; it is with all believers by a spirit of wisdom and faith, enabling them to understand and apply the general declarations of the written word, and the warnings there given.
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And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. When he was five hundred years of age, and before the flood came upon the earth; and when it was so wicked as is next described: of these sons of his, and of the order in which they are placed; see Gill on Gen 5:32.
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. When he was five hundred years of age, and before the flood came upon the earth; and when it was so wicked as is next described: of these sons of his, and of the order in which they are placed; see Gill on Gen 5:32.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
It appears to me that Japheth was the oldest, as it is said, the brother of Japheth the elder, 20 Genesis:21. and so in counting their generations, Scripture mentions the children of Japheth first. 21 Ibid.,:2.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיּ֥וֹלֶד | vaiyoled | and he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| נֹ֖חַ | noach | Noah | H5146 → | 46 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| בָנִ֑ים | vanim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֵׁ֖ם | shem | Shem | H8035 → | 17 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חָ֥ם | cham | Ham | H2526 → | 16 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָֽפֶת׃ | yafet | Japheth | H3315 → | 11 times |
וַיּ֥וֹלֶדand he fathered
vaiyoledH3205 →496 times
נֹ֖חַNoah
noachH5146 →46 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הthree
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
בָנִ֑יםsons
vanimH1121 →4930 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שֵׁ֖םShem
shemH8035 →17 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חָ֥םHam
chamH2526 →16 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יָֽפֶת׃Japheth
yafetH3315 →11 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
it leads to
- Genesis 10:21
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
- Genesis 10:32
All these are the clans of Noah’s sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.
- Genesis 10:1
This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
- Genesis 9:18–19
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
- Genesis 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
- Genesis 10:21
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This page draws on Chuck Missler, The Book of Genesis; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.