Shem
Role: son of Noah · First appears: Genesis 5
When Noah was five hundred years old, he begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. At the flood, Shem entered the ark with Noah, his brothers, and their wives. Two years after the flood, when Shem was one hundred years old, he fathered Arphaxad.
After the flood, Shem and his brothers had sons born to them. God blessed Shem and Noah’s other sons, commanding them to “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth,” and established a covenant with them and their seed. Noah declared, “Blessed be the LORD God of Shem,” while Canaan was made his servant; he also declared that Japheth would dwell in Shem’s tents.
Shem’s children were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. His line continued through Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, and Peleg, in whose days the earth was divided.
Relationship record
Life events
- Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.(Genesis 5)
- Noah and his sons enter the ark with their wives as the flood begins.(Genesis 7 · 📍 ark)
- God blessed Noah and his sons, commanding them to multiply and replenish the earth.(Genesis 9)
- Noah blessed God of Shem and declared Canaan his servant.(Genesis 9)
- Noah declared that God would enlarge Japheth and that Canaan would serve him.(Genesis 9)
- Shem, Ham, and Japheth had sons born after the flood.(Genesis 10)
- Shem’s line continued through Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, and Peleg, when the earth was divided.(Genesis 10)
- With: Arphaxad Salah Eber Peleg
- “The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.”
- Shem fathered Arphaxad.(Genesis 11)
- With: Arphaxad
- “Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:”
Genesis 5
- parent: Noah “And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
Genesis 9
- blesser: God “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”
- covenanter: God “And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;”
- siblings with Ham “And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.”
- siblings with Japheth “And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.”
- with Canaan (Canaan is declared to be Shem's servant.) “And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.”
- with Japheth (Japheth is said to dwell in Shem's tents.) “God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.”
- commander: God “And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.”
Genesis 10
- siblings with Japheth “Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.”
- child: Elam “The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.”
- child: Asshur “The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.”
- child: Arphaxad “The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.”
- child: Lud “The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.”
- child: Aram “The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.