Genesis - 6:10

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10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 6:10.

Differing Translations

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And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.\
And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And he conceived three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genuit vero Noah tres filios, Sem, Cham, et Jepheth.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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 Genesis 5:32.

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