Genesis 5:32

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

Cross-references

Genesis 6:10 repeats Noah's three sons by name — Shem, Ham, and Japheth — as the flood narrative begins.

Genesis 7:13 names these same three sons as they enter the ark with Noah on the day the flood begins.

Genesis 9:18 names the same three sons as they exit the ark after the flood.

Genesis 9:19 identifies these three sons as the ones from whom all the earth's population descended.

Genesis 10:1 opens the Table of Nations with these same three sons of Noah as the foundation of all peoples.

Genesis 10:21 explicitly identifies Shem as an ancestor of all Eber's sons, confirming the line from the patriarch listed here.

Genesis 7:6 Parallel

Genesis 7:6 repeats Noah's exact age at the Flood, providing a precise chronological anchor to the introductory fact given here.

Genesis 9:29 mirrors this verse, providing a bookend for Noah's life by stating his total lifespan.

In Genesis 9:22-27, Ham — one of these three sons — commits a transgression, leading Noah to curse Ham's son Canaan.

The Chronicler's genealogy directly parallels and expands the line of Noah's sons, structurally dependent on the account here.

Luke 3:36 Citation

Luke's genealogy of Jesus explicitly includes Noah and his son Shem, linking Jesus' lineage to this foundational patriarch.