32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. …
These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-32)Here we have the first mention of Noah, of whom we shall read much in the following chapters. Observe, I. His name, with the reason of it: Noah signifies rest ; his parents gave him that name, with a prospect of his being a more than ordinary blessing to his generation: This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed . Here is,…
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