Shem
son of Noah (GEN 5:32)
Personmale16 verses
Names
- Shem — שֵׁ֖ם shem “name, fame” (H8035) · Σημ Sem (G4590) — Genesis 5:32
Family
- father of Elam (son of Shem) (inferred)
- father of Asshur (son of Shem) (inferred)
- father of Arpachshad (inferred)
- father of Lud (son of Shem) (inferred)
- father of Aram (son of Shem) (inferred)
Dated events
- Birth of Shem — 1,560 AH · 2,446 BC (Ussher) · aged 0 — Genesis 5:32
- Death of Shem — 2,160 AH · 1,846 BC (Ussher) · aged 600 — Genesis 11:11
Years are anno hominis, counted from Creation. The two chronologies are given as the source gives them, unreconciled.
Appearances
Topical references
- Preserved in the ark (ship) — Genesis 5:32; Genesis 6:10; Genesis 7:13; Genesis 9:18; 1 Chronicles 1:4
- His filial conduct — Genesis 9:23
- Descendants of — Genesis 10:1; Genesis 10:21; Genesis 11:10; 1 Chronicles 1:17
- Called SEM (A. V.) — Luke 3:36
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.