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Gether

son of Aram

Son of Aram and grandson of Shem in the Table of Nations, representing an Aramean clan in the genealogy of Genesis 10.

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Who or what is this?

Gether is listed in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10:23 as one of the four sons of , the son of . The same genealogy is repeated in 1 Chronicles 1:17. Aram's sons — Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash (or Meshech) — represent peoples associated with Aramean territories in the ancient Near East. No narrative concerning Gether appears in the biblical text; his significance is entirely genealogical, placing him as a representative ancestor of one of the Semitic peoples descended from Shem through Aram.

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