Shem
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Person in Genesis 6:9–10: Shem.
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- 1CH 1:1–4, engwebp
1Adam, Seth, Enosh,
2Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,
3Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- 1CH 1:17–23, engwebp
17The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
18Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.
19To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
20Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
22Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- 1CH 1:24–27, engwebp
24Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
25Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27Abram (also called Abraham).
- GEN 5:28–32, engwebp
28Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, then became the father of a son.
29He named him Noah, saying, “This one will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, caused by the ground which the LORD has cursed.”
30Lamech lived after he became the father of Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and became the father of other sons and daughters.
31All the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy-seven years, then he died.
32Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- GEN 6:9–10, engwebp
9This is the history of the generations of Noah: Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
10Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
- GEN 7:7–13, engwebp
7Noah went into the ship with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, because of the floodwaters.
8Clean animals, unclean animals, birds, and everything that creeps on the ground
9went by pairs to Noah into the ship, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
10After the seven days, the floodwaters came on the earth.
11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.
12It rained on the earth forty days and forty nights.
13In 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—
- GEN 9:18–19, engwebp
18The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
19These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.
- GEN 9:20–29, engwebp
20Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.
21He drank of the wine and got drunk. He was uncovered within his tent.
22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
23Shem 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, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.
24Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his youngest son had done to him.
25He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
26He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
27May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
28Noah lived three hundred fifty years after the flood.
29All the days of Noah were nine hundred fifty years, and then he died.
- GEN 10:21–31, engwebp
21Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
22The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
23The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.
26Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
30Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
31These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
- GEN 11:10, engwebp
10This 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.
- LUK 3:23–38, engwebp
23Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah,
27the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er,
29the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim,
31the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
32the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33the son of Amminadab, the son of Aram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
38the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-20
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Unresolved interpretation: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech among the sons of Shem at 1 Chronicles 1:17
- 1 Chronicles 1:17 says, “The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.”
Source evidence (1)
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- 1CH 1:17–23, engwebp
17The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
18Arpachshad became the father of Shelah, and Shelah became the father of Eber.
19To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
20Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
21Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
22Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
- 1CH 1:17–23, engwebp
- Genesis 10:22 says, “The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram,” and 10:23, “The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.”
Source evidence (1)
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- GEN 10:21–31, engwebp
21Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
22The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
23The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
24Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber.
25To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan.
26Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
27Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
28Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
30Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east.
31These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
- GEN 10:21–31, engwebp
1 Chronicles 1:17 names Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech among the sons of Shem, with Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram; Genesis 10:22–23 names the sons of Shem Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram, and the sons of Aram Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Both editions write Meshech at 1 Chronicles 1:17 and Mash at Genesis 10:23 (the Korean 메섹 and 마스). This collection keeps the entries of Genesis 10:23 for Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash, with their father Aram, as they are, and records the Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech of 1 Chronicles 1:17 as sons of Shem in its list of names, joined to no entry and with no relationship to Shem. The text does not say whether they are the men of Genesis 10:23, and the collection does not decide whether they are.
All 11 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
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Noah — Father of — Shem
Evidence: Genesis 6:9–10, Luke 3:23–38
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Shem — Father of — Arpachshad
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:17–23, Genesis 10:21–31, Genesis 11:10, Luke 3:23–38
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Shem — Father of — Elam (son of Shem)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:17–23, Genesis 10:21–31
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Shem — Father of — Asshur
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:17–23, Genesis 10:21–31
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Shem — Father of — Lud
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:17–23, Genesis 10:21–31
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Shem — Father of — Aram
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 1:17–23, Genesis 10:21–31
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Shem — Sibling of — Japheth
Evidence: Genesis 10:21–31
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Appears in the narrated event (4) — Noah and his three sons, Noah’s family enters the ark, Noah’s sons after leaving the ark, Noah’s vineyard, the words about his sons, and his death
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Noah was five hundred years old, then Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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—
The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
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, and they didn’t see their father’s nakedness.
He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
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.
Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber.
The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
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.
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Shem (person-shem) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/shem Current wording: Person in Genesis 6:9–10: Shem. Cited evidence: 1CH 1:1–4, engwebp / 1CH 1:17–23, engwebp / 1CH 1:24–27, engwebp / GEN 5:28–32, engwebp / GEN 6:9–10, engwebp / GEN 7:7–13, engwebp / GEN 9:18–19, engwebp / GEN 9:20–29, engwebp (and 3 more of 11) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.