Which three sons of Noah are named together in Genesis 5:32?

Genesis 5:32 names Noah’s three sons as Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

These three sons accompany Noah in the Flood narrative, together with their wives. Genesis 7:13 says they entered the Ark with Noah, and Genesis later describes their descendants after the waters receded. They are therefore central family members in the biblical account.

Genesis 10, often called the Table of Nations, presents genealogical lines associated with Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The chapter links peoples and territories to these family branches, although the genealogical structure is a theological and literary account rather than a modern population map.

The names are sometimes mixed up with other famous biblical sibling groups, such as Cain, Abel, and Seth, who belong to Adam and Eve’s family. Noah’s named sons are specifically Shem, Ham, and Japheth.