Genesis 6:10

10 And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and 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 Noah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.

10 And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

12 And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.