Genesis 6:10

10 And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth.

Genesis 6:10 Meaning and Commentary

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).

Genesis 6:10 In-Context

8 But Noe found grace before the Lord God.

9 And these the generations of Noe. Noe was a just man; being perfect in his generation, Noe was well-pleasing to God.

10 And Noe begot three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth.

11 But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.

12 And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

Footnotes

• [a]. Alex. Chaph.