Genesis 6:10

Genesis 6:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
• New International Version (NIV)Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Context of Genesis 6:10

8Noah, however, found favor with the Lord. 9These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God. And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with wickedness. 12God saw how corrupt the earth was, for every creature had corrupted its way on the earth.

Genesis 6:10 word by word

וַיּ֥וֹלֶד נֹ֖חַ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה בָנִ֑ים אֶת־שֵׁ֖ם אֶת־חָ֥ם וְאֶת־יָֽפֶת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Noahנֹחַnôach · NoahH5146
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Shemשֵׁםshêm · ShemH8035
• Hamחָםchâm · HamH2526
• and Japhethיֶ֫פֶתyepheth · JaphethH3315

Cross-references for Genesis 6:10

• Genesis 5:32Noah was 500 years old, and he fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Commentaries on Genesis 6:10

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 - Section VI - The Deluge - XXIII. The Ark 9. דור dôr “age, time from birth to death,” applied either to an individual or the whole contemporary race, running parallel with some leading individual. Hence, the “race” or “generation” living during that time. 14. תבה tēbâh “chest, ark.” It is used only of this vessel of Noah‘s construction, and of the little vessel in which Moses was put Exodus 2:3, Exodus 2:5. The root, according to Furst…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-11Verses 8-11 Noah did not find favour in the eyes of men; they hated and persecuted him, because both by his life and preaching he condemned the world: but he found grace in the eyes of the Lord, and this made him more truly honourable than the men of renown. Let this be our chief desire, let us labour that we may be accepted of him. When the rest of the world was wicked, Noah kept his integrity. God's good-will towards Noah produced this good work in him…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-222. the sons of God saw the daughters of men--By the former is meant the family of Seth, who were professedly religious; by the latter, the descendants of apostate Cain. Mixed marriages between parties of opposite principles and practice were necessarily sources of extensive corruption. The women, religious themselves, would as wives and mothers exert an influence fatal to the existence of religion in their household, and consequently the people of that…Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 6:10

• Japheth
• Shem

In the dictionaries

• Ham
• Japheth
• Noah
• Shem
• Corrupt
• Fill
• Flesh
• Imagination
• Multiply
• Renown

Commentaries on Genesis 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings