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31 articles found for “Shem and Japheth”

• Eber

  [People]

  Eber is a descendant of Noah named in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis. He is the son of Salah and the father of Peleg and Joktan, and his name is commonly associated with the origin of the word "Hebrew."

• Peleg

  [People]

  Peleg is a son of Eber in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis. His name is accompanied by the explanation that "in his days was the earth divided," and he belongs to the line that runs through Abraham to the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.

• Shelah (Son of Arphaxad)

  [People]

  Shelah is a descendant of Shem named in the genealogies of Genesis. He was the son of Arphaxad and the father of Eber, and he forms one link in the line from Noah to Abraham.

• Serug

  [People]

  Serug is a figure in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis 11. He was the son of Reu, the father of Nahor, and the great-grandfather of Abraham. His name also appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke.

• Reu

  [People]

  Reu is a figure in the genealogy of Shem in Genesis 11. He was the son of Peleg, the father of Serug, and the great-great-grandfather of Abraham. In the New Testament, his name appears in Luke's genealogy of Jesus.

• Joktan

  [People]

  Joktan was a son of Eber, a descendant of Shem, and the younger brother of Peleg. He appears with his thirteen sons in the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 and is commonly regarded as the ancestor of various tribes of southern Arabia.

• Genesis 11

  [Bible]

  Genesis 11 contains the account of Babel, in which the languages were divided and people were scattered over all the earth, followed by the genealogy from Shem to Terah. It relates how Terah took Abram, Lot, and Sarai, left Ur of the Chaldees, and settled in Haran.

• Aram

  [Bible]

  Aram is the Old Testament name for a Semitic people who lived in what is now Syria and northern Mesopotamia, and for the states they established. In the New Testament the region is usually called Syria.

• Sheba

  [Bible]

  Sheba is the name of a land in Arabia and of its people in the Old Testament. It is portrayed as a wealthy, distant land to the south that traded in gold and frankincense. It is best known as the kingdom of the Queen of Sheba, who visited Solomon.

• Assyria

  [Bible]

  Assyria was an ancient empire centered on the Tigris River valley in northern Mesopotamia. In the Bible it is the nation that destroyed the northern kingdom of Israel and invaded Judah. It is portrayed both as an instrument of God's judgment and as a proud power that itself comes under judgment.

• Ophir

  [Bible]

  Ophir is an Old Testament place name known as a source of fine gold. It appears as the destination of maritime trade in the time of Solomon, though its exact location is unknown.