Line of Shem · son of Joktan
Diklah
- Region
- Date-palm oases, Arabia
- Primary Passage
- Gen 10:27
- Eras Active
- Patriarchal
- Lineage
- Shem
Scholar Notes
'Date-palm' — likely a palm-grove tribe.
Genesis 10 · The Table of Nations · 70 peoples
The Great Dispersion
Every nation named in Genesis 10 — fourteen of Japheth, thirty of Ham, twenty-six of Shem — radiating from Ararat across three continents. Click a pin or a name to read the record.
Ararat Shem Ham Japheth
26 nations of shem · Ararat marked in gold
Descendants of Shem