Line of Shem · son of Joktan
Jobab
- Region
- S. Arabia
- Primary Passage
- Gen 10:29
- Eras Active
- Patriarchal
- Lineage
- Shem
Scholar Notes
Possibly an early Edomite king of the same name.
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