KJV King James Version
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Genesis 5:32
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
WEB World English Bible
Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
ASV American Standard Version
And Noah was five hundred years old: And Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Surrounding context — Genesis 5
29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This [same] shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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וַֽיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beנֹ֕חַH5146 · no.achNoahבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childחֲמֵ֥שׁH2568 · cha.meshfiveמֵא֖וֹתH3967 · me.ahhundredשָׁנָ֑הH8141 · sha.nehyearוַיּ֣וֹלֶדH3205 · ya.ladto begetנֹ֔חַH5146 · no.achNoahאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֵׁ֖םH8035 · shemShemאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חָ֥םH2526 · chamHamוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יָֽפֶת׃H3315 · ye.phetJapheth
Cross-references
Genesis 10:21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were [children] born.Genesis 6:10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Genesis 10:32These [are] the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.Luke 3:36Which was [the son] of Cainan, which was [the son] of Arphaxad, which was [the son] of Sem, which was [the son] of Noe, which was [the son] of Lamech,Genesis 10:1Now these [are] the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.Genesis 9:22-27And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.Genesis 9:18-19And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham [is] the father of Canaan.Genesis 7:13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;1 Chronicles 1:4-28Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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