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