Shem
Also called Sem
Born c. 2445 BC · Died c. 1845 BC (traditional dating)
Belongs to: Genealogy of Jesus
Father: Noah
Mentioned in 17 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.
Where Shem is mentioned
1 Chronicles 1:4
The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Read in context1 Chronicles 1:17
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
Read in context1 Chronicles 1:24–25
Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Read in contextGenesis 6:10
And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Read in contextGenesis 7:13–14
13 On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
14 they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
Read in contextGenesis 9:18
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
Read in contextGenesis 9:23
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
Read in contextGenesis 9:26–27
26 He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
27 May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
Read in contextGenesis 10:1
This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
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