Who is the oldest brother, Japheth, Shem, or Ham?

According to the Bible, when Noah was 500, he had 3 sons: Shem, Japheth, and Ham (Gen 5:32). Noah was 600 at the time of the flood. So one of the boys was 100 at the time of the flood. Which one?

A) Shem was 100, two years after the flood (Gen11:10), so that would make him 98 at the time of the flood, and concluding that he was not the eldest.

B) In Gen 9:24 Noah cursed the descendants of his youngest son Ham.

Therefore: With Ham the youngest (age unknown), and Shem not the eldest, Japheth must be the eldest---two yrs older than Shem.



Gen 10:21 Indicates that Japheth is older in the NIV & KJV, but Shem is older in NLT & NASB. Therefore this passage is too ambiguous to be used as a reference.