Son of Noah and ancestor in the post-flood genealogies.
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Eldest son of who, with his brothers and , enters the ark and survives the flood. When Noah is uncovered in his tent, Shem and Japheth cover their father walking backward and receive Noah's blessing. The table of nations in Genesis 10 traces the Semitic peoples to him, including , Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and , and the line from Shem leads through Eber and to . 's genealogy carries ' ancestry back through Shem to .
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