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Shem

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.5.32) referred to as Shem (שֵׁם), or Shem (Σήμ); son of Noah; a brother of Ham and Japheth; father of Asshur, Elam, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram.

Named in 17 verses across 3 books of the Bible.

Every verse

1 Chronicles 1:4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

1 Chronicles 1:17The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

1 Chronicles 1:24Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

Genesis 5:32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 6:10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Genesis 7:13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;

Genesis 9:18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.

Genesis 9:23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

Genesis 9:26And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Genesis 9:27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

Genesis 10:1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Genesis 10:21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.

Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 10:31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.

Genesis 11:10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

Genesis 11:11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

Luke 3:36Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

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