Genesis 6:10

And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Noah	נֹ֖חַ No.ach	H5146	Noach · proper noun, a man's name
begat	וַיּ֥וֹלֶד vai.Yo.led	H3205	to bear young · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
three	שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה she.lo.Shah	H7969	three · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
sons	בָנִ֑ים va.Nim	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
Shem	שֵׁ֖ם shem	H8035	Shem · proper noun, a man's name
Ham	חָ֥ם cham	H2526	Cham · proper noun, a man's name
Japheth	יָֽפֶת Ya.fet	H3315	Jepheth · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:8-10

We have here Noah distinguished from the rest of the world, and a peculiar mark of honour put upon him. 1. When God was displeased with the rest of the world, he favoured Noah: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, Gen 6:8. This vindicates God's justice in his displeasure against the world, and shows that he had strictly examined the character of every person in it before he pronounced it universally corrupt; for, there being one good man, he found him out, and smiled upon him. It also magnifies his grace towards Noah that he was made a vessel of God's mercy when all mankind besides had become the generation of his wrath: distinguishing favours bring under peculiarly strong obligatio…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 6:9

Noah . . . just . . . and perfect--not absolutely; for since the fall of Adam no man has been free from sin except Jesus Christ. But as living by faith he was just (Gal 3:2; Heb 11:7) and perfect--that is, sincere in his desire to do God's will.

Adam Clarke on Genesis 6:8

Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord - Why? Because he was, 1. A just man, איש צדיק ish tsaddik, a man who gave to all their due; for this is the ideal meaning of the original word. 2. He was perfect in his generation - he was in all things a consistent character, never departing from the truth in principle or practice. 3. He walked with God - he was not only righteous in his conduct, but he was pious, and had continual communion with God. The same word is used here as before in the case of Enoch. See Gen 5:22.

John Gill on Genesis 6:10

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.

John Calvin on Genesis 6:9-10

Dictionary and topics

Cainan — Possession; smith. (1.) The fourth antediluvian patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old at the birth of his eldest son Mahalaleel, after which he lived 840 years (Gen. 5:9-14), and was…
Japheth — Wide spreading: “God shall enlarge Japheth” (Heb. Yaphat Elohim le-Yephet, Gen. 9:27. Some, however, derive the name from yaphah, “to be beautiful;” hence white), one of the sons of Noah, mentioned…
Noah — Rest, (Heb. Noah) the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-29), who was for two hundred and fifty years contemporary with Adam, and the son of Lamech, who was about fifty years old at the time of Adam’s…
Shem — A name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah (Gen. 5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah’s sons. The words “brother of Japheth the elder” in Gen. 10:21 are more correctly…
Japheth · General references — General references
Shem · Preserved in the ark (ship) — Preserved in the ark (ship)

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Genesis 6:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:8-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 6:9

Adam Clarke on Genesis 6:8

John Gill on Genesis 6:10

John Calvin on Genesis 6:9-10

Dictionary and topics

Genesis 6:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 6:8-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Genesis 6:9

Adam Clarke on Genesis 6:8

John Gill on Genesis 6:10

John Calvin on Genesis 6:9-10

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Genesis 6:9–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 6:9

Rashi on Genesis 6:9