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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Shem (Man living at the time of the Patriarchs)

Noah's oldest son. The Semitic peoples, Abraham's line among them, all trace back to him, and Genesis 10 follows his descendants down to Eber.

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First, in plain English

Noah's oldest son. The Semitic peoples, Abraham's line among them, all trace back to him, and Genesis 10 follows his descendants down to Eber.

In Luke

Noah's son, one generation up from Terah in Luke's chain (3:36). Josephus counts out the exact same ten generations from Noah to Abraham that Luke's genealogy implies, just narrated instead of listed.

Who this is

Shem was Noah's oldest son and the ancestor of the Semitic peoples, including Abraham's line, and Genesis 10 traces his descendants through Elam, Asshur, and Arphaxad down to Eber, whose name is the likely source of the word Hebrew. Noah blessed Shem specifically after the flood, setting his line apart even among his brothers.

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The word

H8035 · G4590

Where it appears
  • Genesis 5:32
  • Genesis 6:10
  • Genesis 7:13
  • Genesis 9:18
  • Genesis 9:23
  • Genesis 9:26
  • Genesis 9:27
  • Genesis 10:1
  • Genesis 10:21
  • Genesis 10:22
  • Genesis 10:31
  • Genesis 11:10
  • Genesis 11:11
  • 1 Chronicles 1:4
  • 1 Chronicles 1:17
  • 1 Chronicles 1:24
  • Luke 3:36

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