How old was Noah when he had his first son?

Answer 1

A:According to the Book of Genesis, Noah was 500 years old when his first son was born. He was 600 years old when he boarded the Ark.

The ages associated with Noah at key points in his life fall into two groups - numbers that were easy for the tradents to remember when handing the story down orally, and that based on the magic number 17. The above two ages are, of course, easy for a story-teller to remember. He died at the age of 950 years, which is easy to remember but also follows a standard formula used for most of the legendary characters in Genesis: 13x9 + 49x17 [7x7x17].

Answer 2

A:

No. In the story of Noah, as told in the Book of Genesis, Noah was five hundred years old when he first became a father (5:32). The Flood happened when Noah was six hundred (7:11), when his oldest son would have been one hundred years old, but Shem did not turn one hundred until two years after the Flood (11:10). In Genesis 9:24, we were told that Ham is the youngest.

Japheth is portrayed as the oldest son, followed by Shem two years later, then Ham.

Answer 3

When the first son was born to Noah, Noah was 500, five hundred years old.

Answer 4

Noah was approximately 500 years old, bearing in mind that their life-spans were much longer in those days.

Answer 5

The Bible doesn't say. All it says is that by the time all three of his sons were born, Noah was five hundred years old.

Answer 6

According to tradition, Noah began building the ark 120 years before the Flood, which was 20 years before the first of his three sons were born.