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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Family_tree"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Family tree</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Family_tree-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_popular_culture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_popular_culture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>In popular culture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_popular_culture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " 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Available in 65 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-65" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">65 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(Bibel)" title="Sem (Bibel) – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Sem (Bibel)" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%88%B4%E1%88%9D" title="ሴም – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ሴም" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85" title="سام – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سام" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AD_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%88" title="سام نوح اوغلو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="سام نوح اوغلو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE" title="সাম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="সাম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Сим – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Сим" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%A4%E0%BD%BA%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8D" title="ཤེམ། – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ཤེམ།" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shem" title="Shem – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Shem" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(b%C3%ADblic)" title="Sem (bíblic) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Sem (bíblic)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Сим – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Сим" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0%C3%A9m_(biblick%C3%A1_postava)" title="Šém (biblická postava) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Šém (biblická postava)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(bibelsk_person)" title="Sem (bibelsk person) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sem (bibelsk person)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(Bibel)" title="Sem (Bibel) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Sem (Bibel)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CE%B7%CE%BC" title="Σημ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Σημ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Cem" title="Ŝem – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ŝem" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%BE%D8%B3%D8%B1_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AD" title="سام پسر نوح – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سام پسر نوح" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(Bible)" title="Sem (Bible) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sem (Bible)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%85%88_(%EC%84%B1%EA%B2%BD_%EC%9D%B8%EB%AC%BC)" title="셈 (성경 인물) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="셈 (성경 인물)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A5%D5%B4" title="Սեմ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սեմ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0em" title="Šem – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Šem" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(Bibbia)" title="Sem (Bibbia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Sem (Bibbia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%9D_%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A0%D7%97" title="שם בן נח – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שם בן נח" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98" title="სემი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სემი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9m" title="Sém – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Sém" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Сим – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Сим" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sema" title="Sema – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Sema" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%82" title="ഷെം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഷെം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85" title="سام – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سام" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(persoon)" title="Sem (persoon) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sem (persoon)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%A0" title="セム – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="セム" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(bibelsk_person)" title="Sem (bibelsk person) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Sem (bibelsk person)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AD" title="سام بن نوح – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سام بن نوح" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(posta%C4%87_biblijna)" title="Sem (postać biblijna) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sem (postać biblijna)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem" title="Sem – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Sem" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC_(%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Сим (Библия) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Сим (Библия)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-skr mw-list-item"><a href="https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%88%D8%AD" title="سام بن نوح – Saraiki" lang="skr" hreflang="skr" data-title="سام بن نوح" data-language-autonym="سرائیکی" data-language-local-name="Saraiki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سرائیکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sem_(bir_i_Nuhut)" title="Sem (bir i Nuhut) – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Sem (bir i Nuhut)" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shem" title="Shem – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Shem" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li 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.infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Shem</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Shem02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Shem02.jpg/220px-Shem02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Shem02.jpg/330px-Shem02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Shem02.jpg/440px-Shem02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="451" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Portrait from <i><a href="/wiki/Promptuarium_Iconum_Insigniorum" title="Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum">Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum</a></i> (1553) by <a href="/wiki/Guillaume_Rouill%C3%A9" title="Guillaume Rouillé">Guillaume Rouillé</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elam,_son_of_Shem" title="Elam, son of Shem">Elam</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ashur_(Bible)" title="Ashur (Bible)">Ashur</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Arphaxad" class="mw-redirect" title="Arphaxad">Arphaxad</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Lud,_son_of_Shem" title="Lud, son of Shem">Lud</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aram,_son_of_Shem" title="Aram, son of Shem">Aram</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Family</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japheth" title="Japheth">Japheth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ham_(son_of_Noah)" title="Ham (son of Noah)">Ham</a> (brothers)</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shem,_Ham_and_Japheth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Shem%2C_Ham_and_Japheth.jpg/220px-Shem%2C_Ham_and_Japheth.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Shem%2C_Ham_and_Japheth.jpg/330px-Shem%2C_Ham_and_Japheth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Shem%2C_Ham_and_Japheth.jpg/440px-Shem%2C_Ham_and_Japheth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2660" /></a><figcaption><i>Shem, <a href="/wiki/Ham_(son_of_Noah)" title="Ham (son of Noah)">Ham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japheth" title="Japheth">Japheth</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/James_Tissot" title="James Tissot">James Tissot</a> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1900. Shem is on the far right with stereotypically Asian features.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Shem</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ʃ/: 'sh' in 'shy'">ʃ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">שֵׁם</span> <i>Šēm</i>; <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">سَام</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Sām</i></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was one of the <a href="/wiki/Sons_of_Noah" class="mw-redirect" title="Sons of Noah">sons of Noah</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> (<a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Genesis</a> 5–11<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/1_Chronicles" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Chronicles">1 Chronicles</a> 1:4). </p><p>The children of Shem were <a href="/wiki/Elam_(Hebrew_Bible)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elam (Hebrew Bible)">Elam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashur_(Bible)" title="Ashur (Bible)">Ashur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arpachshad" title="Arpachshad">Arphaxad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lud,_son_of_Shem" title="Lud, son of Shem">Lud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aram,_son_of_Shem" title="Aram, son of Shem">Aram</a>, in addition to unnamed daughters. <a href="/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham">Abraham</a>, the patriarch of <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christians</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>, was one of the descendants of Arphaxad. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">medieval</a> and <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_Europe" title="Early modern Europe">early modern European</a> tradition he was considered to be the ancestor of the <a href="/wiki/Peoples_of_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Peoples of Asia">peoples of Asia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Medieval_1983,_pp._375-90_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Medieval_1983,_pp._375-90-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ivane_Javakhishvili_1950,_pp._130_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ivane_Javakhishvili_1950,_pp._130-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he gives his name to the title "<a href="/wiki/Semites" class="mw-redirect" title="Semites">Semites</a>" formerly given to West Asian peoples.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Islamic literature describes Shem as one of the believing sons of <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a>. Some sources even identify Shem as a prophet in his own right and that he was the next prophet after his father.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Josephustable_3.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Josephustable_3.svg/220px-Josephustable_3.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Josephustable_3.svg/330px-Josephustable_3.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Josephustable_3.svg/440px-Josephustable_3.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="588" data-file-height="361" /></a><figcaption>Geographic identifications for the Sons of Noah (<a href="/wiki/Flavius_Josephus" class="mw-redirect" title="Flavius Josephus">Flavius Josephus</a>, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 100 AD</span>); Shem's sons are in green.</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_the_Bible">In the Bible</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: In the Bible"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Genesis_10">Genesis 10</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Genesis 10"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Genesis 10:21 refers to relative ages of Shem and his brother <a href="/wiki/Japheth" title="Japheth">Japheth</a>, but with sufficient ambiguity to have yielded different English translations. The verse is translated in the <a href="/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version">King James Version</a> as: "Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of <a href="/wiki/Eber" title="Eber">Eber</a>, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born."<sup id="cite_ref-Gen10-21-KJV_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gen10-21-KJV-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/New_American_Standard_Bible" title="New American Standard Bible">New American Standard Bible</a> gives: "Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born".<sup id="cite_ref-Gen10-21-NASB_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gen10-21-NASB-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Genesis 10:22–31 (<a href="/wiki/Jewish_Publication_Society_of_America_Version" title="Jewish Publication Society of America Version"><i>Jewish Publication Society</i> translation of 1917</a>): </p> <dl><dd><i>22</i> The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. <i>23</i> And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. <i>24</i> And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber. <i>25</i> And unto Eber were born two sons; the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. <i>26</i> And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; <i>27</i> and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; <i>28</i> and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba; <i>29</i> and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. <i>30</i> And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east. <i>31</i> These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. <i>32</i> These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.<sup id="cite_ref-Gen10-21-31-JPSAV_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gen10-21-31-JPSAV-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Genesis_11">Genesis 11</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Genesis 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Genesis 11:10 records that Shem was 100 years old at the birth of <a href="/wiki/Arphaxad" class="mw-redirect" title="Arphaxad">Arphaxad</a>, two years after the <a href="/wiki/Biblical_flood" class="mw-redirect" title="Biblical flood">flood</a>; and that he lived for another 500 years after this, making his age at death 600 years. </p><p>Excerpts from Genesis 11:10–27—(<i>Jewish Publication Society</i> translation of 1917): </p> <dl><dd>'Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood. ... Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah. <i>13</i> And Arpachshad lived after he begot Shelah ... Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber. ... Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg. ... Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu. ... Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug. '... Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor. ... Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah. ... Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran. ... and Haran begot Lot.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_later_Jewish_sources">In later Jewish sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: In later Jewish sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st-century historian <a href="/wiki/Flavius_Josephus" class="mw-redirect" title="Flavius Josephus">Flavius Josephus</a> told a legendary, non-scriptural account that Shem's five sons were the progenitors of the nations of <a href="/wiki/Elam" title="Elam">Elam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assyria" title="Assyria">Assyria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chaldea" title="Chaldea">Chaldea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lydia" title="Lydia">Lydia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Levant" title="Levant">Levantine</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to some Jewish traditions (e.g., <a href="/wiki/B._Talmud" class="mw-redirect" title="B. Talmud">B. Talmud</a> <a href="/wiki/Nedarim_(tractate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nedarim (tractate)">Nedarim</a> 32b; <a href="/wiki/Genesis_Rabba" class="mw-redirect" title="Genesis Rabba">Genesis Rabbah</a> 46:7; Genesis Rabbah 56:10; <a href="/wiki/Leviticus_Rabbah" title="Leviticus Rabbah">Leviticus Rabbah</a> 25:6; <a href="/wiki/Numbers_Rabbah" title="Numbers Rabbah">Numbers Rabbah</a> 4:8.), Shem is believed to have been <a href="/wiki/Melchizedek" title="Melchizedek">Melchizedek</a>, King of Salem, whom Abraham is recorded to have met after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Siddim" title="Battle of Siddim">Battle of the Four Kings</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A rabbinic document that surfaced in the 17th century, claiming to be the lost <a href="/wiki/Sefer_haYashar_(midrash)" title="Sefer haYashar (midrash)">Book of Jasher</a>, provides some names not found in any other source.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (December 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Islam"><span class="anchor" id="Sam"></span> In Islam</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: In Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sunni_Islam">Sunni Islam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sunni Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shem is regarded by scholars to be the successor to Noah, receiving prophetic knowledge, enlightenment, and leadership of his people. Shem was also one of the people whom <a href="/wiki/God" title="God">God</a> had <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> resurrect as a sign to the <a href="/wiki/Children_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Children of Israel">Children of Israel</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early Islamic historians like <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Ishaq" title="Ibn Ishaq">Ibn Ishaq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Hisham" title="Ibn Hisham">Ibn Hisham</a> always included Shem's name in the genealogy of <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shi'a_Islam"><span id="Shi.27a_Islam"></span>Shi'a Islam</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Shi'a Islam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a <a href="/wiki/Shiite" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiite">Shiite</a> tradition Imam <a href="/wiki/Ja%27far_al-Sadiq" title="Ja'far al-Sadiq">Ja'far al-Sadiq</a> has narrated to his companions that <a href="/wiki/Jibrael" class="mw-redirect" title="Jibrael">Jibrael</a> visited <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a> close to the time of his death, relaying God's message: "Oh Noah! Your prophethood has expired and your days are complete, so look to the Great Name, the inheritance and effects of the knowledge of prophethood, and hand these over to your son, Sam (Shem), for I do not leave the Earth except that there is a knowledgeable one by which obedience to Me (God) can be recognized..."<sup id="cite_ref-Kulayni_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kulayni-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Gnosticism">In Gnosticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In Gnosticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Paraphrase_of_Shem" title="Paraphrase of Shem">Paraphrase of Shem</a>, which contains ideas unique to other <a href="/wiki/Gnosticism" title="Gnosticism">Gnostic</a> scriptures,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> states that Shem was the first being on Earth. Unlike traditional <a href="/wiki/Sethianism" title="Sethianism">Sethian</a> literature, <a href="/wiki/Seth" title="Seth">Seth</a> is not seen as the father of the followers of Gnosticism, rather it is Shem, who receives a divine revelation from a spiritual savior named Derkedeas. Shem later helps bring his universal teaching of <a href="/wiki/Gnosis#Gnosticism" title="Gnosis">secret knowledge</a> to humanity before the <a href="/wiki/Archon_(Gnosticism)" title="Archon (Gnosticism)">forces of darkness</a> attempt to destroy the world with a <a href="/wiki/Flood_myth" title="Flood myth">great flood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_Mandaeism">In Mandaeism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: In Mandaeism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Sam_Ziwa" title="Sam Ziwa">Sam Ziwa</a></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Mandaeism" title="Mandaeism">Mandaean</a> scriptures such as the <a href="/wiki/Ginza_Rabba" title="Ginza Rabba">Ginza Rabba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qulasta" title="Qulasta">Qulasta</a>, Shem is referred to as <i>Šum</i> (or Shum; pronounced in <a href="/wiki/Modern_Mandaic" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Mandaic">Modern Mandaic</a> as <i>Šom</i> (Shom)).<sup id="cite_ref-Häberl_2022_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Häberl_2022-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shem is sometimes considered to be the progenitor of the <a href="/wiki/Mandaeans" title="Mandaeans">Mandaeans</a> and a prophet.<sup id="cite_ref-BSN_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BSN-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_tree">Family tree</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Family tree"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Abraham%27s_family_tree" title="Abraham's family tree">Abraham's family tree</a></div> <p>The following family tree contains information from the <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a>, without data from any other sources. </p> <table style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; margin: 0 auto;"> <tbody><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">Shem</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td 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dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Sarah" title="Sarah">Sarah</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Nahor,_son_of_Terah" title="Nahor, son of Terah">Nahor</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Haran" title="Haran">Haran</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:T_and_O_map_Guntherus_Ziner_1472.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/T_and_O_map_Guntherus_Ziner_1472.jpg/220px-T_and_O_map_Guntherus_Ziner_1472.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/T_and_O_map_Guntherus_Ziner_1472.jpg/330px-T_and_O_map_Guntherus_Ziner_1472.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/T_and_O_map_Guntherus_Ziner_1472.jpg/440px-T_and_O_map_Guntherus_Ziner_1472.jpg 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="864" /></a><figcaption>This <a href="/wiki/T_and_O_map" title="T and O map">T and O map</a>, from the first <a href="/wiki/Printing_press" title="Printing press">printed</a> version of <a href="/wiki/Isidore_of_Seville" title="Isidore of Seville">Isidore</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Etymologiae" title="Etymologiae">Etymologiae</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Augsburg" title="Augsburg">Augsburg</a> 1472), identifies the three known continents (<a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>) as respectively populated by descendants of <i>Sem</i> (Shem), <i>Iafeth</i> (Japheth) and <i>Cham</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ham_(son_of_Noah)" title="Ham (son of Noah)">Ham</a>).</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Film </th> <th>Actor </th> <th>Note </th></tr> <tr> <td>1928 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(1928_film)" title="Noah's Ark (1928 film)"><i>Noah's Ark</i></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Waite" title="Malcolm Waite">Malcolm Waite</a> </td> <td>Second role </td></tr> <tr> <td>1936 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Pastures_(film)" title="The Green Pastures (film)"><i>The Green Pastures</i></a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Martin_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ray Martin (actor) (page does not exist)">Ray Martin</a> </td> <td>All-black cast </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bible:_In_the_Beginning..." title="The Bible: In the Beginning...">The Bible: In the Beginning...</a></i> </td> <td>Peter Heinze </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stowaways_on_the_Ark" title="Stowaways on the Ark">Stowaways on the Ark</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Gossler" title="Stefan Gossler">Stefan Gossler</a> </td> <td>Named as 'Sam' </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(miniseries)" title="Noah's Ark (miniseries)"><i>Noah's Ark</i></a> (miniseries) </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mark_Bazeley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mark Bazeley (page does not exist)">Mark Bazeley</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(2007_film)" title="Noah's Ark (2007 film)"><i>Noah's Ark</i></a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oscar_Cheda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oscar Cheda (page does not exist)">Oscar Cheda</a> </td> <td>Animation film </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2014 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Noah_(2014_film)" title="Noah (2014 film)"><i>Noah</i></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Casalegno" title="Gavin Casalegno">Gavin Casalegno</a> (juvenile) </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Booth" title="Douglas Booth">Douglas Booth</a> (adult) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Ark_(film)" title="The Ark (film)"><i>The Ark</i></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fox_(British_actor)" title="Michael Fox (British actor)">Michael Fox</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wives_aboard_the_Ark" class="mw-redirect" title="Wives aboard the Ark">Wives aboard the Ark</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="/w/index.php?title=Shem&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Genesis 5:32, 6:10; 7:13; 9:18, 23, 26–27; 10; 11:10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Medieval_1983,_pp._375-90-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Medieval_1983,_pp._375-90_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output 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Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. p. 10. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3828%2F9781800856271">10.3828/9781800856271</a> (inactive 1 November 2024). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-80085-627-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-80085-627-1"><bdi>978-1-80085-627-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Kings+and+the+Explanations+of+This+World%3A+A+Universal+History+from+the+Late+Sasanian+Empire&rft.place=Liverpool&rft.pages=10&rft.pub=Liverpool+University+Press&rft.date=2022&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3828%2F9781800856271&rft.isbn=978-1-80085-627-1&rft.aulast=H%C3%A4berl&rft.aufirst=Charles&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk%2Fdoi%2Fbook%2F10.3828%2F9781800856271&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShem" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_DOI_inactive_as_of_November_2024" title="Category:CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BSN-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BSN_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrikhah_S._Nasoraia2012" class="citation web cs1">Brikhah S. 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style="width:1%">The House of <a href="/wiki/Banu_Hashim" title="Banu Hashim">Hashim</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Muttalib" title="Abd al-Muttalib">Abd al-Muttalib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_ibn_Abd_al-Muttalib" title="Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib">Abd-Allah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Noah&#039;s_Ark" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Source</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Genesis_flood_narrative" title="Genesis flood narrative">Genesis flood narrative</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis">Book of Genesis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ham_(son_of_Noah)" title="Ham (son of Noah)">Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japheth" title="Japheth">Japheth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wives_aboard_Noah%27s_Ark" title="Wives aboard Noah's Ark">Wives aboard Noah's Ark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Noah" title="Book of Noah">Book of Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generations_of_Noah" title="Generations of Noah">Generations of Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopher_wood" title="Gopher wood">Gopher wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_wine" title="Noah's wine">Noah's wine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah" title="Seven Laws of Noah">Seven Laws of Noah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Noah_and_His_Magical_Ark" title="Captain Noah and His Magical Ark">Captain Noah and His Magical Ark</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bible_Ki_Kahaniyan" title="Bible Ki Kahaniyan">"Noah's Ark"</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Island" title="Noah's Island">Noah's Island</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(miniseries)" title="Noah's Ark (miniseries)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/VeggieTales" title="VeggieTales">VeggieTales</a>: Noah's Ark</i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ark_(film)" title="The Ark (film)">The Ark</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(1928_film)" title="Noah's Ark (1928 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1928)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Father_Noah%27s_Ark" title="Father Noah's Ark">Father Noah's Ark</a></i> (1933)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bible:_In_the_Beginning..." title="The Bible: In the Beginning...">The Bible: In the Beginning...</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/O_Trapalh%C3%A3o_na_Arca_de_No%C3%A9" title="O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé">O Trapalhão na Arca de Noé</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/La_Biblia_en_pasta" title="La Biblia en pasta">La Biblia en pasta</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Angel%27s_Egg" title="Angel's Egg">Angel's Egg</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stowaways_on_the_Ark" title="Stowaways on the Ark">Stowaways on the Ark</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis:_The_Creation_and_the_Flood" title="Genesis: The Creation and the Flood">Genesis: The Creation and the Flood</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah_(1998_film)" title="Noah (1998 film)">Noah</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_2000" title="Fantasia 2000">Fantasia 2000</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raining_Cats_and_Frogs" title="Raining Cats and Frogs">Raining Cats and Frogs</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(2007_film)" title="Noah's Ark (2007 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evan_Almighty" title="Evan Almighty">Evan Almighty</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/40_Days_and_Nights" title="40 Days and Nights">40 Days and Nights</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah_(2014_film)" title="Noah (2014 film)">Noah</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ooops!_Noah_Is_Gone..." title="Ooops! Noah Is Gone...">Ooops! Noah Is Gone...</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(2024_film)" title="Noah's Ark (2024 film)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (2024)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ark_and_the_Aardvark" title="The Ark and the Aardvark">The Ark and the Aardvark</a></i> (TBA)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stage</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flowering_Peach" title="The Flowering Peach">The Flowering Peach</a></i> (1954 play)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_by_Two_(musical)" title="Two by Two (musical)">Two by Two</a></i> (1970 musical)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Opera</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Il_diluvio_universale" title="Il diluvio universale">Il diluvio universale</a></i> (1830)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Le_D%C3%A9luge_(Saint-Sa%C3%ABns)" title="Le Déluge (Saint-Saëns)">Le Déluge</a></i> (1875)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No%C3%A9_(opera)" title="Noé (opera)">Noé</a></i> (1885)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noye%27s_Fludde" title="Noye's Fludde">Noye's Fludde</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flood_(Stravinsky)" title="The Flood (Stravinsky)">The Flood</a></i> (1962)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Paintings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Scenes_from_the_Life_of_Noah" title="Scenes from the Life of Noah">Scenes from the Life of Noah</a></i> (1436-1440)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(Poulakis)" title="Noah's Ark (Poulakis)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (17th century)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Dove_to_the_Ark" title="The Return of the Dove to the Ark">The Return of the Dove to the Ark</a></i> (1851)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/After_the_Deluge_(painting)" title="After the Deluge (painting)">After the Deluge</a></i> (1891)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Genesis_(Lebrun)" title="Genesis (Lebrun)">Genesis</a></i> (1960)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Die_Sintflut" title="Die Sintflut">Die Sintflut</a></i></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Unicorn_(song)" title="The Unicorn (song)">The Unicorn</a>" (1968)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Captain_Noah_and_His_Floating_Zoo" title="Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo">Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo</a>" (1970)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Prophet%27s_Song" title="The Prophet's Song">The Prophet's Song</a>" (1975)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Animals_(Kevin_Ayers_song)" title="Animals (Kevin Ayers song)">Animals</a>" (1980)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Forever_Not_Yours" title="Forever Not Yours">Forever Not Yours</a>" (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Noah%27s_Ark_(video_game)" title="Noah's Ark (video game)">Noah's Ark</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Super_3D_Noah%27s_Ark" title="Super 3D Noah's Ark">Super 3D Noah's Ark</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Noah's Ark</i> (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle_and_the_Secret_Lake" title="Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake">Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake</a></i> (1948)</li> <li><i><a 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