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OET (OET-RV) After Noah was 500 years old, he had sons whose names were Yafet (Japheth), Shem, and Ham.[fn]
5:32 Gen 10:21 indicates that Yafet was the eldest, and Gen 9:24 indicates that Ham was the youngest.
OET-LV and_he/it_was Noaḩ a_son of_five hundred(s) year[s] and_he/it_fathered Noaḩ DOM Shem DOM Ham and_DOM Japheth.
UHB וַֽיְהִי־נֹ֕חַ בֶּן־חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֣וֹלֶד נֹ֔חַ אֶת־שֵׁ֖ם אֶת־חָ֥ם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת׃ ‡
(vayəhī-noaḩ ben-ḩₐmēsh mēʼōt shānāh vayyōled noaḩ ʼet-shēm ʼet-ḩām vəʼet-yāfet.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Καὶ ἦν Νῶε ἐτῶν πεντακοσίων· καὶ ἐγέννησε τρεῖς υἱοὺς, τὸν Σὴμ, τὸν Χὰμ, τὸν Ἰάφεθ.
(Kai aʸn Nōe etōn pentakosiōn; kai egennaʸse treis huious, ton Saʸm, ton Ⱪam, ton Yafeth. )
BrTr And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, [fn]Cham, and Japheth.
5:32 Alex. Chaph.
ULT And Noah was a son of 500 years, then Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
UST After Noah was 500 years old, he had sons whose names were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
BSB § After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
OEB When Noah was five hundred years old, he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
WEBBE Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
LSV And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begets Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
FBV Noah was 500 before he had Shem, Ham, and Japheth.[fn]
5:32 From the internal evidence in Genesis it appears Japheth was the oldest and Ham the youngest. Usually siblings are listed in birth order in the Old Testament, though for example Moses, despite being younger than Aaron, is listed first. Here it appears that Shem is considered to be more important, and so is listed first.
T4T 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.
LEB When[fn] Noah was five hundred years old,[fn] Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
BBE And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Moff No Moff GEN book available
JPS And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
ASV And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
DRA And Noe, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
YLT And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Drby And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
RV And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Wbstr And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
KJB-1769 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
KJB-1611 And Noah was fiue hundred yeeres olde: and Noah begate Sem, Ham, and Iapheth.
(And Noah was five hundred years olde: and Noah begat Sem, Ham, and Yapheth.)
Bshps Noah was fiue hundreth yere olde, & Noah begate Sem, Ham, & Iapheth.
(Noah was five hundreth year old, and Noah begat Sem, Ham, and Yapheth.)
Gnva And Noah was fiue hundreth yeere olde. And Noah begate Shem, Ham and Iapheth.
(And Noah was five hundreth year olde. And Noah begat Shem, Ham and Yapheth. )
Cvdl Noe was fyue hundreth yeare olde, and begat Sem, Ham and Iaphet.
(Noe was five hundreth year old, and begat Sem, Ham and Yaphet.)
Wycl No Wycl GEN 5:32 verse available
Luth Noah war fünfhundert Jahre alt und zeugete Sem, Ham und Japheth.
(Noah what/which fünfhundert years old and zeugete Sem, Ham and Yapheth.)
ClVg No ClVg GEN 5:32 verse available
5:1-32 The genealogies of Genesis go beyond simply recording history. By selective information and by structure, they communicate spiritual truth. The genealogies highlight God’s blessing, authenticate the family heritage of important individuals, and hold the Genesis narrative together by showing familial continuity. Adam’s genealogy through Seth traces ten generations to Noah (see 1 Chr 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38), with the flood intervening before another ten generations from Noah to Abram. The number ten indicates completeness (ten plagues, Exod 7:8–11:10; Ten Commandments, Exod 20:2-17). Noah closed history before the flood, and Abram inaugurated a new era.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
וַֽיְהִי נֹ֕חַ בֶּן חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה
and=he/it_was Noaḩ son_of five hundreds year
Noah’s sons were not triplets, but were born in different years after Noah was 500 years old. The way you translate this verse should allow for that meaning.
וַיּ֣וֹלֶד נֹ֔חַ
and=he/it_fathered Noaḩ
Consider again how you translated fathered in this chapter; see verses 4, 6-7, 9-10, 12-13, 15-16, 18-19, 25-26, 28, 30, 32. Alternate translation: “he fathered”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֶת שֵׁ֖ם אֶת חָ֥ם וְאֶת יָֽפֶת
DOM name_of DOM Ham and=DOM Yafet/Japheth
Alternate translation: “sons named Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” or “sons he named Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”