Shem

Shem in Scripture

17 verses use this name, in 3 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Shem.

First namedGenesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.Last namedLuke 3:36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

Old Testament2 books · 16 mentions

Genesis13 mentions

Genesis 5:32After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:10And Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 7:13On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons—
Genesis 9:18The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
Genesis 9:23Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.

8 further mentions in Genesis — read them in the book.

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1 Chronicles3 mentions

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New Testament1 book · 1 mention

Luke1 mention

Luke 3:36the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

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Nave's Topical Bible on Shem

Orville J. Nave gathered 11 passages under this heading in 1896. His outline and his opening passages stand here; the full heading is one click on.

-(Son of Noah) -Preserved in the ark (ship) GEN 5:32; 6:10; 7:13; 9:18; 1CH 1:4 -His filial conduct GEN 9:23-27 -Descendants of GEN 10:1,21-31; 11:10-29; 1CH 1:17-54 -Called SEM (A. V.) LUK 3:36

All 11 passages Nave lists here →Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), public domain.

Named alongside

Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Genesis 5, Genesis 6, Genesis 7, Genesis 9, Genesis 10, Genesis 11, 1 Chronicles 1 and Luke 3. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.

NoahThe righteous 'preacher of righteousness' who found grace and, by faith, built the ark — through whom the race survived…Genesis 5:29And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”

EnochThe seventh from Adam who “walked with God, and he was not; for God took him” — translated without death, a pattern of…Genesis 5:18When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

SethThe appointed son given “instead of Abel”; the head of the godly line of promise through which Noah and ultimately Chri…Genesis 5:3When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

AbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all natio…1 Chronicles 1:27and Abram (that is, Abraham).

AdamThe first man — formed of dust and God's breath, image-bearer, and federal head of the race in whom all sinned.Genesis 5:1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

IsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

IshmaelAbraham's son by Hagar — blessed and made a great nation, but not the covenant heir; Paul's figure of the flesh (Gal 4:…1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

JosephThe rejected-then-exalted son — Genesis's great Christ-type; preserver of his family and of Egypt; the bridge into Exod…Luke 3:23Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,

Studies that meet Shem

These studies quote a verse that names Shem.

1 Chronicles — the Study Guide1 Chronicles 1:4 ActsGenesis 11:10 Genealogies of Christ1 Chronicles 1:4 Luke — the Savior of AllLuke 3:36 The Seed PromiseGenesis 9:26 The Flood — Genesis 6–9Genesis 7:13 The Tower of Babel — Genesis 11Genesis 11:10 The Watchers & the Nephilim — Genesis 6Genesis 6:10

Studies working in the same chapters1

These do not quote a verse naming Shem; they open other passages in the same chapters.

The CovenantsGenesis 9

Biography