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Genesis 5:32

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

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וַֽיְהִיvayhiand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be”, the next action in the storyH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.נֹ֕חַnochaNoahנֹחַnoun, proper name — “Noah”H5146Noach, the patriarch of the floodNoah.בֶּןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […חֲמֵ֥שׁchameshfiveחָמֵשׁadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “five”, the ordinary formH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).מֵא֖וֹתmeothundred , -thמֵאָהadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “hundred , -th”, the ordinary formH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.שָׁנָ֑הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֣וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…נֹ֔חַnochaNoahנֹחַnoun, proper name — “Noah”H5146Noach, the patriarch of the floodNoah.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שֵׁ֖םshemShemשֵׁםnoun, proper name — “Shem”H8035Shem, a son of Noah (often includ. his posterity)Sem, Shem.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).חָ֥םchamHamחָםnoun, proper name — “Ham”H2526Cham, a son of Noah; also (as a patronymic) his descendants or their countryHam.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).יָֽפֶתyafetJaphethיֶפֶתnoun, proper name — “Japheth”H3315Jepheth, a son of Noah; also his posterityJapheth.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And Noah is a son of five hundred years, and Noah begetteth Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

World English Bible

Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Darby Translation

And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Douay-Rheims

And Noe, when he was five hundred years old, begot Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἦν Νῶε ἐτῶν πεντακοσίων· καὶ ἐγέννησε τρεῖς υἱοὺς, τὸν Σὴμ, τὸν Χὰμ, τὸν Ἰάφεθ.