Noach Parshah Quiz

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Rashi later on concludes that they were born in three separate births, with a space of two years between each one.

See Chapter 10, Verse 21: "And to Shem were also born [children; he was] the father of all the people of the other side [of the river], the brother of Japheth the elder."

Rashi: "the brother of Japheth, the elder: I do not know [from the wording of the verse] whether Japheth is the elder or Shem. [The verse may be rendered: the elder brother of Japheth.] When Scripture says (11:10): “Shem was a hundred years old, etc.” two years after the Flood, you must say that Japheth was the elder, because Noah was five hundred years old when he first had children, and the Flood came to pass in the six hundredth year. Consequently, the eldest of his sons was a hundred years old [at the time of the Flood], and Shem did not reach [the age of] a hundred until two years after the Flood. — [from Gen. Rabbah 37:7]"

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