Category:Shem

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Shem - A name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah (Genesis 5:32; Genesis 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah's sons. The words "brother of Japheth the elder" in Genesis 10:21 are more correctly rendered "the elder brother of Japheth," as in the Revised Category:Version. Shem's name is generally mentioned first in the list of Noah's sons. He and his wife were saved in the ark (Genesis 7:13). Noah foretold his preeminence over Canaan (Genesis 9:23). He died at the age of six hundred years, having been for many years contemporary with Abraham, according to the usual chronology. The Israelitish nation sprang from him (Gen. 11:10-26; 1 Chronicles 1:24). See table of descendants: Shem Elam Asshur Arphaxad Lud Aram Some Persian tribes Assyrian founders of Nineveh, Rehoboth, Calneh and Resen Abraham The Lydians The Syrians Isaac Ishmael Jacob Esau The Hebrews The Edomites The Ishmaelites, who mingled with the Arab tribes descended from Joktan, in the line of Eber, from Arphaxad