From: "Zvi Lampel" <hlampel at thejnet.com> <<Incidentally, since "Noach begat Shem, Cham and Yafess" when he was 500 years old, does that mean they were triplets?>> No. <<Or does it mean he then started to have sons at 500 years old, but two of them were really born when Noach was older?>> Yes. Rashi Bereishis 10:21 Gershon gershon.dubin at juno.com