After Noah was five hundred years old, Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century
  1. ספר sepher – “writing, a writing, a book.”
  2. קינן qēynān – Kenan, “possessor, or spearsman.”
  3. מהללאל mahe
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Noah was five hundred years old. —No reason is given why Noah had no son until he had reached such an advanced age; nor, in fact, …

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And Noah was five hundred years old. Concerning the fathers whom Moses has previously listed, it is not easy to surmise whether each of th…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Noah was five hundred years old
Or "the son of five hundred years" F6 ; he was in his five hundredth …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Methuselah signifies, “he dies, there is a dart,” or “a sending forth,” namely, of the deluge, which came the year that Methuselah died. He lived 9…

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