617、“挪亚生了三个儿子”表示三种教义从该教会产生。这从前面（337，339，402，468节）关于名字所说明的一切清楚可知，名字只表示教会，或也可说，只表示教义。此处也一样，但它们在此被提及只是为了衔接上文；也就是说，主预见到，具有这种心理构造的人有可能被赋予仁；然而，仍有三种教义从它生出。关于这三种教义，蒙主的神性怜悯，等到论述闪、含、雅弗时再予以描述。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]617. The meaning of Noah fathered three sons as the fact that three kinds of theology would rise out of that church can be seen from all the earlier statements [337, 339, 402, 468] that names stand purely as symbols for various churches or, to put it another way, various theologies. The same applies here. But the sole reason the names come up here is the context, or the connection with what preceded — that the Lord foresaw that people whose minds worked this way would be able to receive a gift for loving others, although they would still give birth to three different kinds of theology. These theologies will be discussed below where Shem, Ham, and Japheth are treated of, the Lord in his divine mercy willing.{*1}
Footnotes:
{*1} On the approaches to religion symbolized by Shem, Ham, and Japheth, see, for example, 975, 1062, 1083. [LHC]
Potts(1905-1910) 617
617. Noah begat three sons. That this signifies that three kinds of doctrine thence arose, is evident from all that has been shown before about names signifying nothing else than churches, or, what is the same, doctrines. So it is here; but here they are merely mentioned for the sake of the series or connection with the things that precede, which are, that it was foreseen by the Lord that the man of this genius could be endowed with charity; but yet that three kinds of doctrines would thence have birth, which doctrines, of the Lord's Divine mercy, shall be described hereafter, where Shem, Ham, and Japheth are treated of.
Elliott(1983-1999) 617
617. That 'Noah beget three sons' means that three classes of doctrine arose out of this is clear from all that comes before it about names meaning nothing other than Churches, or what amounts to the same, systems of doctrine. The same applies here also. But here they are named purely for the sake of the sequence or connection with the details that precede. The connection is that the Lord foresaw that it would be possible for someone of this mental constitution to have charity conferred on him, but that nevertheless three classes of doctrine would be born of it. These doctrinal systems will in the Lord's Divine mercy be discussed later on where Shem, Ham, and Japheth are the subject.
Latin(1748-1756) 617
617. Quod 'Noah genuerit tres filios' significet quod tria genera doctrinarum inde exsurgerent, constat ex omnibus illis quae praecedunt, quod nomina nihil aliud significent quam Ecclesias, seu quod idem est, doctrinas; ita quoque hic; sed hic modo nominantur ob seriem seu nexum cum iis quae praecedunt, qui est quod praevisum a Domino quod homo hujus genii potuisset donari charitate, sed usque quod inde doctrinarum tria genera nascerentur, de quibus doctrinis in sequentibus, ex Divina Domini Misericordia, dicetur, ubi de Shemo, Hamo, et Japheto.