Shem
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Shem is one of the three sons of Noah in the Bible, depicted in classical religious artwork alongside his brothers Ham and Japheth. He is significant in biblical genealogy as an ancestor figure in the accounts of human origins and dispersal after the great flood.
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- Person.name
- Shem
- Person.image
- Shem02.jpg
- Person.caption
- Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by Guillaume Rouillé
- Person.family
- Japheth and Ham (brothers)
- Person.father
- Noah
- Person.children
- ElamAshurArphaxadLudAram
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- In the Bible
- Genesis 10
- Genesis 11
- In later Jewish sources
- In the New Testament
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- Shi'a Islam
- In Gnosticism
- In Mandaeism
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- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
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thumb|Shem, Ham (son of Noah)|Ham and [[Japheth by James Tissot 1900. Shem is on the left with a similar skin color to other Biblical figures painted by Tissot.]]
Shem (; Šēm; ) is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible (Genesis 5–11 and 1 Chronicles 1:4).