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Also known as Sem

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.]]

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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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17 sections
Contents
  • In the Bible
  • Genesis 10
  • Genesis 11
  • In later Jewish sources
  • In the New Testament
  • {{anchor|Sam}} In Islam
  • Sunni Islam
  • Shi'a Islam
  • In Gnosticism
  • In Mandaeism
  • Family tree
  • In popular culture
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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