Line of Shem · son of Shelah
Eber
- Region
- Mesopotamia
- Primary Passage
- Gen 10:24–25
- Eras Active
- Patriarchal
- Lineage
- Shem
Scholar Notes
Eponym of the 'Hebrews' (ʿIvri).
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