Shem

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Bible verses about “Shem”

The first verses cited, in the King James Version.

• Genesis 5:32And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
• Genesis 6:10And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
• Genesis 7:13In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
• Genesis 9:18And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
• 1 Chronicles 1:4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
• Genesis 9:23And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
• Genesis 9:24And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
• Genesis 9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
• Genesis 9:26And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
• Genesis 9:27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
• Genesis 10:1Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.
• Genesis 10:21Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.
• Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
• Genesis 10:23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
• Genesis 10:24And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
• Genesis 10:25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
• Genesis 10:26And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
• Genesis 10:27And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
• Genesis 10:28And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
• Genesis 10:29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
• Genesis 10:30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
• Genesis 10:31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
• Genesis 11:10These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
• Genesis 11:11And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:12And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
• Genesis 11:13And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:14And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
• Genesis 11:15And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:16And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:
• Genesis 11:17And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:18And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
• Genesis 11:19And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:20And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:
• Genesis 11:21And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:22And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
• Genesis 11:23And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:24And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:
• Genesis 11:25And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
• Genesis 11:26And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
• Genesis 11:27Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.