Genesis 10:21

And sons were also born ¹  to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), ²  the father of all the sons of Eber.

Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.

Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.

Sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth. Shem was the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber.

Shem, the older brother of Japheth, also had sons. Shem was ancestor to all the children of Eber.

And Shem, the older brother of Japheth, the father of the children of Eber, had other sons in addition.

To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.

And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder.

And sons were also born ¹  to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), ²  the father of all the sons of Eber.

¹ tn Heb “And to Shem was born.”

² tn Or “whose older brother was Japheth.” Some translations render Japheth as the older brother, understanding the adjective הַגָּדוֹל (haggadol, “older”) as modifying Japheth. However, in Hebrew when a masculine singular definite attributive adjective follows the sequence masculine singular construct noun + proper name, the adjective invariably modifies the noun in construct, not the proper name. Such is the case here. See Deut 11:7; Judg 1:13; 2:7; 3:9; 9:5; 2 Kgs 15:35; 2 Chr 27:3; Neh 3:30; Jer 13:9; 36:10; Ezek 10:19; 11:1.