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AndוַNoahנֹחַfatheredיּוֹלֶדthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהsons:בָנִיםShem,אֶת שֵׁםHam,אֶת חָםand Japheth.וְאֶת יָפֶת
Genesis 6:10
Study it in the app“And Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 6:10, word by word
- Noahנֹחַnoach
Noah
Noah, son of Lamech, the man who found favor with YHWH and was saved with his family in the ark from the flood. In Hebrew "Noach" sounds like "rest" and "comfort" (Genesis 5:29).
Where else “noach” appears- fatheredיּוֹלֶדyoled
father
For a man to have a child.
Where else “yoled” appears- threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- sonsבָנִיםvanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appears- Shemשֵׁםshem
Shem
Shem, one of the three sons of Noah; Abraham descends from him. The name also stands for his descendants.
Where else “shem” appears- Hamחָםcham
Ham
Ham, one of the three sons of Noah, father of Canaan, Cush and Mizraim; also his descendants and their land.
Where else “cham” appears- and Japhethיָפֶתyafet
Japheth
Japheth, one of the three sons of Noah; also his descendants.
Where else “yafet” appears
The context
9These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; with Elohim Noah walked.
10 · This verse (above)
11And the earth was corrupt before Elohim, and the earth was filled with violence.
To study Genesis 6 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH see on the earth, and what did Elohim tell Noah to do (vv. 5, 13-14)?
2. What it means
Why does the text say Noah found favor in the eyes of YHWH (vv. 8-9)?
3. How I live it
What good thing can you keep doing steadily even if those around you do not understand it, as Noah did (v. 22)?