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Shem
 Shem (/ʃɛm/; Hebrew: שֵׁם Šēm; Greek: Σήμ Sēm; Ge'ez: ሴም, Sēm; "renown; prosperity; name"; Arabic: سام Sām) was one of the sons of Noah  Noah in the Hebrew Bible  Hebrew Bible as well as in Islamic literature. Genesis 10:21 refers to relative ages of Shem Shem and his brother Japheth, but with sufficient ambiguity to have yielded different English translations. The verse is translated in the KJV  KJV as "Unto Shem Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth  Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.". However, the New American Standard Bible  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 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 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 Arphaxad. Islamic literature  Islamic literature describes Shem Shem as one of the believing sons of Noah. Some sources even identify Shem Shem as a prophet in his own right and that he was the next prophet after his father.[1] In one Muslim legend, Shem Shem was one of the people whom God  God made Jesus  Jesus resurrect as a sign to the Children of Israel.[2] The 1st-century historian Flavius Josephus, among many others, recounted the tradition that these five sons were the progenitors of the nations of Elam, Assyria, Chaldea, Lydia, and Levantine, respectively. The associated term Semitic is still a commonly used term for the Semitic languages, as a subset of the Afro-Asiatic languages, denoting the common linguistic heritage of Arabic, Aramaic, Akkadian, Ethiopic, Hebrew and Canaanite-Phoenician languages. According to some Jewish traditions (e.g., B. Talmud  B. Talmud Nedarim 32b; Genesis Rabbah 46:7; Genesis Rabbah 56:10; Leviticus Rabbah Leviticus Rabbah 25:6; Numbers Rabbah Numbers Rabbah 4:8.), Shem Shem is believed to have been Melchizedek, King of Salem whom Abraham  Abraham is recorded to have met after the battle of the four kings. Shem Shem is mentioned several times in Genesis 5-11[3] as well as 1 Chronicles 1:4. Geographic identifications of Flavius Josephus, c. 100 AD; Japheth's sons shown in red, Ham's sons in blue, Shem's sons in green. The genealogy of
Shem
Contents 1 Descendants 1.1 Genesis 10 1.2 Genesis 11 1.3 Book of Jasher 1.4 Book of Luke 1.5 Early biographies of the Islamic prophet Muhammad 2 Family tree 3 See also 4 Footnotes 4.1 Notes 4.2 References 5 External links Descendants[edit] Genesis 10[edit] According to Genesis 10:22-31 (Jewish Publication Society Translation of 1917): 22 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and
Aram. 23 And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 24
And
Arpachshad
Genesis 11[edit] Excerpts from Genesis 11:10-27— (Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917): '
Shem
Book of Jasher[edit]
A rabbinic document that surfaced in the 17th century, claiming to be
the lost Book of Jasher provides some names not found in any other
source. Some have reconstructed more complete genealogies based on
this information as follows:
Shem. Also Sem Literal meanings are named or renown (father of the
Semitic races - Shemites). The sons of
Shem
Elam
Book of Luke[edit]
According to Luke 3:36
Jesus
Shem Elam Ashur Arpachshad Lud Aram Salah Uz Hul Gether Mash Eber Peleg Joktan Reu Almodad Sheleph Hazarmaveth Jerah Hadoram Uzal Diklah Obal Abimael Sheba Ophir Havilah Jobab Serug Nahor Terah Abraham Sarah Nahor Haran See also[edit] Wives aboard the Ark Footnotes[edit] Notes[edit] References[edit] ^ Historical Dictionary of Prophets in
Islam
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Shem
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v t e Extra-Quranic Prophets of Islam In Stories of the Prophets Enoch Eber Khidr Joshua Samuel Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Ezra Daniel In Islamic tradition Seth Shem Eli Ahijah Shemaiah Iddo Hanani Jehu Micaiah Eliezer Zechariah ben Jehoiada Urijah Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah Berechiah Samī Joel Amos Obadiah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Malachi Hanzalah Khaled bin Sinan In Quranic exegesis Abel Saduq, Masduq, and Shalum Hosea Zechariah, son |
