Shem
And 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....
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In 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;...
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And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham,
and Japheth....
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Shem (Hebrew: שם, Modern Shem Tiberian Šēm ; Greek: Σημ Sēm;
Arabic: سام Sām; Ge'ez: ሴም, Sēm; "renown; prosperity; name")
was one of the sons of Noah in the Hebrew Bible. He is most
popularly regarded as the eldest son, though some traditions
regard him as the second son. Genesis 10:21 refers to relative
ages of Shem and his brother Japheth, b...
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shem (shem; Sem):
1. Position in Noah's Family: His Name:
The eldest son of Noah, from whom the Jews, as well as the
Semitic ("Shemitic") nations in general have descended. When
giving the names of Noah's three sons, Shem is always
mentioned first (Gen 9:18; 10:1, etc.); and though "the
elder" in "Shem the brother of Japheth the elder" (Gen 10:...
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-(Son of Noah)
-Preserved in the ark (ship)
Ge 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 9:18; 1Ch 1:4
-His filial conduct
Ge 9:23-27
-Descendants of
Ge 10:1,21-31; 11:10-29; 1Ch 1:17-54
-Called SEM (A. V.)
Lu 3:36...
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(name), the eldest son of Noah. Ge 5:32 He was 98 years old,
married, and childless at the time of the flood. After it, he,
with his father, brothers, sisters-in-law and wife, received
the blessing of God, Ge 9:1 and entered into the covenant.
With the help of his brother Japheth, he covered the nakedness
of their father and received the first...
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a name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah (Gen.
5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah's
sons. The
words "brother of Japheth the elder" in Gen. 10:21 are
more
correctly rendered "the elder brother of Japheth," as
in the
Revised Version. Shem's name is generally mentioned
first in the
list of Noah's sons. He and his w...
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Noah's oldest son, as the order implies (Genesis 5:32;
Genesis 6:10; Genesis 7:13; Genesis 9:18; Genesis 10:1; 1
Chronicles 1:4). (See HAM.) Usually named first, but in
Genesis 10:21 last, because from that point forward
Scripture traces the history of his descendants. Translated
"the elder brother of Japheth," as Arabic, Syriac, and
Vulgate....
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