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Aram (Hebrew: אֲרָם Aram) is a son of Shem, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, and the father of Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash or Meshech. The Book of Chronicles lists Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech as descendants of Shem, although without stating explicitly that Aram is the father of the other four.
Aram in the Hebrew Bible has usually, as in Flavius Josephus' writings, been regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Aramean people of ancient Syria.
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