Genesis 5:32
30 And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
31 So Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- 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.
- DARBY
- And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- BLB
- Noah was a son of five hundred years, and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- ÅB
- Da Noah var fem hundre år gammel, fikk han sønnene Sem, Kam og Jafet.
- OTB
- Etter at Noah var 500 år gammel, fikk han Sem, Kam og Jafet.
- B1930
- Da Noah var fem hundre år gammel, fikk han sønnene Sem, Kam og Jafet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 6:10
And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Read in contextGenesis 10:21
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
Read in contextGenesis 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—
Read in context1 Chronicles 1:4–28
The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextGenesis 10:1
This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
Read in contextGenesis 9:22–27
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
Read in contextGenesis 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.
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