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From Methuselah to Noah

Genesis 5:32

In 11 translations

BSB
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
KJV
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
WEB
Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
ASV
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
LSV
And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begets Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
YLT
And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
DBY
And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
DRC
And Noe, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
GNV
And Noah was fiue hundreth yeere olde. And Noah begate Shem, Ham and Iapheth.
JPS
And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
LXXE
And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.Alex. Chaph.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיְהִי־נֹ֕חַ בֶּן־חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֣וֹלֶד נֹ֔חַ אֶת־שֵׁ֖ם אֶת־חָ֥ם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἦν Νῶε ἐτῶν πεντακοσίων· καὶ ἐγέννησε τρεῖς υἱοὺς, τὸν Σὴμ, τὸν Χὰμ, τὸν Ἰάφεθ.

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👤 Ham👤 Japheth👤 Noah👤 Shem◆ Lifetime of Noah◆ Birth of Shem

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 10:21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
  • Genesis 6:10And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  • Genesis 10:32All 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 10:1This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
  • Genesis 9:22–27And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside. Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s…
  • Luke 3:36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
  • Genesis 7:13On 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 9:18–19The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan. These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:4–28The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the…

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