Person

Shem

also known as Sem

Gender:: Male
Born:: 2446 BC
Died:: 1846 BC
Verse mentions:: 17

A name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah (Gen. 5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah’s sons. The words “brother of Japheth the elder” in Gen. 10:21 are more correctly rendered “the elder brother of Japheth,” as in the Revised Version. Shem’s name is generally mentioned first in the list of Noah’s sons. He and his wife were saved in the ark (7:13). Noah foretold his preeminence over Canaan (9:23-27). He died at the age of six hundred years, having been for many years contemporary with Abraham, according to the usual chronology. The Israelitish nation sprang from him (Gen. 11:10-26; 1 Chr. 1:24-27).

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Parents 1

Noah

Children 5

Aram· father Arphaxad· father Asshur· father Elam· father Lud· father

Siblings 2

Ham Japheth

Member of 1

Genealogy of Jesus

Events 10

Birth of Arphaxad Birth of Shem Death of Shem Leaving the Ark Lifetime of Shem Noah gets drunk and Canaan is cursed The flood subsides The Great Flood The Great Flood begins Water covers the earth

Appears in 17

Reference	Verse
Genesis 5:32	And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10	And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 7:13	In 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 9:18	And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:23	And 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 9:26	And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 9:27	God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis 10:1	Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
Genesis 10:21	Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
Genesis 10:22	The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
Genesis 10:31	These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Genesis 11:10	These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Genesis 11:11	And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
1 Chronicles 1:4	Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1 Chronicles 1:17	The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
1 Chronicles 1:24	Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
Luke 3:36	Which 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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