Editing Shem (section)

==In the Bible==

===Genesis 10===
Genesis 10:21 refers to relative ages of Shem and his brother [[Japheth]], but with sufficient ambiguity to have yielded different English translations. The verse is translated in the [[King James Version]] as: "Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of [[Eber]], the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born."<ref name=Gen10-21-KJV>{{Bibleverse|Genesis|10:21 KJV|KJV}}</ref> However, the [[New American Standard Bible]] gives: "Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born".<ref name=Gen10-21-NASB>{{Bibleverse|Genesis|10:21 NASB|NASB}}</ref>

According to Genesis 10:22–31 ([[Jewish Publication Society of America Version|''Jewish Publication Society'' translation of 1917]]):
:''22'' The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram. ''23'' And the sons of Aram: Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. ''24'' And Arpachshad begot Shelah; and Shelah begot Eber. ''25'' 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. ''26'' And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah; ''27'' and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah; ''28'' and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba; ''29'' and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. ''30'' And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest toward Sephar, unto the mountain of the east. ''31'' These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. ''32'' 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.<ref name=Gen10-21-31-JPSAV>{{cite book|title=The Holy Scriptures |location=Philadelphia|publisher=The Jewish Publication Society of America|year=1917|chapter=Genesis 10:22–31 |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(Jewish_Publication_Society_1917)/Genesis}}</ref>

===Genesis 11===
Genesis 11:10 records that Shem was 100 years old at the birth of [[Arphaxad]], two years after the [[Biblical flood|flood]]; and that he lived for another 500 years after this, making his age at death 600 years.

Excerpts from Genesis 11:10–27—(''Jewish Publication Society'' translation of 1917):
:'Shem was a hundred years old, and begot Arpachshad two years after the flood. ... Arpachshad lived five and thirty years, and begot Shelah. ''13'' 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.{{cn|date=May 2025}}