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Genesis 6:10

And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvayoledand 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…נֹ֖חַnochaNoahנֹחַnoun, proper name — “Noah”H5146Noach, the patriarch of the floodNoah.שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הsheloshahthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “third”, the ordinary formH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).בָנִ֑יםvanimsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a 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, […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 begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Young’s Literal Translation

And Noah begetteth three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

World English Bible

Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Darby Translation

And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Douay-Rheims

And he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Noah begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγέννησε δὲ Νῶε τρεῖς υἱοὺς, τὸν Σὴμ, τὸν Χὰμ, τὸν Ἰάφεθ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

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Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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