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Person in the Bible

Shem

Mentions
17
Chapters
8
Books
3

Shem was one of Noah's three sons who survived the flood. Genesis traces his descendants through Arphaxad down to Abraham, making him the ancestor of the Semitic peoples and the line leading to Jesus. Luke's genealogy also carries Shem's line forward into the New Testament story.

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"The sons of Noah who went out from the ship were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan."
Genesis 9

Every chapter

In canonical order across 3 books

Genesis
5
v. 32
6
v. 10
7
v. 13
9
v. 18
10
v. 1
11
v. 10
1 Chronicles
1
v. 4
Luke
3
v. 36

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