72 Heb “And to Shem was born.”
73 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.

In other versions

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

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

And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.

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

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

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

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