Genesis 6:10

10 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 But Noah was different. God liked what he saw in Noah.

9 This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God.

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

11 As far as God was concerned, the Earth had become a sewer; there was violence everywhere.

12 God took one look and saw how bad it was, everyone corrupt and corrupting - life itself corrupt to the core.