Genesis 5:32
When Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of a son whom he named Shem. Later he became the father of another son whom he named Ham, and later he became the father of another son whom he named Japheth.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
In Context
31Lamech lived 777 years altogether, and then he died.
Cross References
Genesis 6:10Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 9:18The sons of Noah who came out of the boat were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham later became the father of Canaan.
Genesis 10:1◄This is/I will now give► a list of the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had many children after the flood.
Genesis 10:21Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.
1 Chronicles 1:4Noah’s sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 5:29-32
Account of Noah. ( b. c. 2448.) 28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 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,… Read the whole commentary →