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noun - (Old Testament) eldest son of Noah
In the Old Testament, the eldest son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Ham.
SHEM - Shem (; Hebrew: m; Greek: Sm; Ge'ez: , Sm; "renown; prosperity; name"; Arabic: Sm) was one of the sons of Noah in the Hebrew Bible as well as in I...
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| The Arabs of Arabia look upon themselves as the descendants of this son of Noah |
| This oldest son of Noah was the ancestor of the Semites |
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Shem (; Hebrew: m; Greek: Sm; Ge'ez: , Sm; "renown; prosperity; name"; Arabic: Sm) was one of the sons of Noah in the Hebrew Bible as well as in Islamic literature. Genesis 10:21 refers to relative ages of Shem and his brother Japheth, but with sufficient ambiguity to have yielded different English translations. The verse is translated in the KJV as "Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.". However, the New American Standard Bible gives, "Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born." * Genesis 11:10 records that Shem was 100 years old at the birth of Arphaxad, two years after the flood; and that he lived for another 500 years after this, making his age at death 600 years. * The children of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram, in addition to daughters. Abraham, the patriarch of the Hebrews and Arabs, was one of the descendants of Arp |