Shem
Male · b. 2446 BC · d. 1846 BC
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Family
- Parents
- Noah
- Siblings
- HamJapheth
- Children
- AramArphaxadAsshurElamLud
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Named in 17 verses
- Genesis 5:32 Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 6:10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- Genesis 7:13 In the same day Noah, and Shem, Ham, and Japheth—the sons of Noah—and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered into the ship—
- Genesis 9:18 The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
- Genesis 9:23 Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards,
- Genesis 9:26 He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
- Genesis 9:27 May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
- Genesis 10:1 Now this is the history of the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
- Genesis 10:21 Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
- Genesis 10:22 The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
- Genesis 11:10 This is the history of the generations of Shem: Shem was one hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
- Genesis 11:11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of more sons and daughters.
- 1 Chronicles 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- 1 Chronicles 1:17 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
- 1 Chronicles 1:24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
- Luke 3:36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,