Shem

• Birth of Shemc. 2446 BC
• Lifetime of Shemc. 2446 BC
• The Great Flood beginsc. 2348 BC
• The Great Floodc. 2348 BC
• Water covers the earthc. 2348 BC
• The flood subsidesc. 2347 BC
• Leaving the Arkc. 2347 BC
• Noah gets drunk and Canaan is cursedc. 2346 BC
• Birth of Arphaxadc. 2346 BC
• Death of Shemc. 1846 BC

Shem· Sem

Father

Noah

Mother

Naamah

Siblings

Ham· Japheth

Children

Aram· Arpachshad· Asshur· Elam· Lud

• Σήμ·Shem
• שֵׁם·Shem

Includes 1 verse that refer to Shem without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. Genesis 5:32
   After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
2. Genesis 6:10
   And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
3. Genesis 7:13
   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—
4. Genesis 9:18
   The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
5. Genesis 9:19Referred to, not named
   These three were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated.
6. Genesis 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.
7. Genesis 9:26
   He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
8. Genesis 9:27
   May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
9. Genesis 10:1
   This is the account of Noah’s sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, who also had sons after the flood.
10. Genesis 10:21
    And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.
11. Genesis 10:22
    The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
12. Genesis 10:31
    These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.
13. Genesis 11:10
    This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.
14. Genesis 11:11
    And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
15. 1 Chronicles 1:4
    The sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
16. 1 Chronicles 1:17
    The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
17. 1 Chronicles 1:24
    So from Shem came Arphaxad, Shelah,
18. Luke 3:36
    …the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,