Shem



Shem (Ge'ez: ሴም, Sēm; "Name means::renown, Name means::prosperity, Name means::name") (Born::Tammuz 1558 AM-Died::Tammuz 2158 AM) is the second of son of::Noah's three sons. His brothers were brother of::Ham and brother of::Japheth. He was born in 1558 AM when Noah was 502 years old, 98 years before the Global Flood.

Shem was married before the flood and his wife was with him in the ark, but he had no children at the time it started. His son, Father of::Arpachshad was born when Shem was Age of parenthood::100 years old. His other sons were Father of::Elam, Father of::Asshur, Father of::Lud, and Father of::Aram. Whether Arpachshad (alternatively spelled Arphaxad) was the eldest of them is unclear. He is listed third of all of them, but might still have received the birthright for a reason that the Bible does not document. Shem lived a further 500 years after Arpachshad's birth, and thus would have been Life span::600 years old at his death in 2158 AM.

Shem is the father of the Semitic peoples, most notably the Jews and the Arabs.

Descendants
The sons of Shem were:


 * Elam: Progenitor of YDNA Haplogroup L1a.
 * Asshur: Progenitor of YDNA Haplogroup T. Assyrians, Syrians, and Northern Iraqis.
 * Arpachshad: Progenitor of YDNA Haplogroup K2. Akkadians / Babylonians, Eblaites, Chaldaeans, Hurrians, Urartians, Pelasgians, Irano-Afghans, Arabs, Israelites, and Jews.
 * Lud: Progenitor of YDNA Haplogroup L1b.
 * Aram: Progenitor of YDNA Haplogroup K2. Aramaeans, Syrians, Lebanese, and remnant groups throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe.
 * Uz: Syrians.
 * Hul: Identified by Tse-Tsan Tai as the Asian Austronesians.
 * Gether: Identified by Tse-Tsan Tai as the indigenous peoples of Australia and Oceania.
 * Mash: Mesaneans.

Shem and his descendants received a special blessing in : "Blessed be the L ORD God of Shem." The above statement, according to Gerhard Charles Aalders, ''"implies that Shem would indeed be blessed, but this blessing would come only from the Lord if He had covenanted with them.

In Moses wrote that "God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem and Canaan shall be his servant." While this may mean that Shem shall dominate Japheth, there is another meaning which should be explored at this point. Examine the following Scriptures: ; ; ; ; ; ; ;.

The clear inference is that God shall dwell with Shem as in a tabernacle. God did indeed do so with ancient Israel and He also dwells in spiritual Israelites through the Holy Spirit today. Similar wording is used in relation to the people of Israel in. Here we have what commentators so long ago described as "the righteous line" or, in other words, the lineage which God is working with.

Sumerians
Where were the Shemites located immediately after the Global Flood? Latest research suggests that they inhabited the land of Sumer before eventually being displaced by descendants of Ham. Scholars have wondered why the Sumerians are not mentioned in the Bible anywhere, with the exception of the land of Shinar referred to in, as well a few other verses and prophecies.

According to David Rohl in his ''Legend. The Genesis of Civilisation, linguistic studies by authorities such as Samuel Kramer (The Sumerians) and Arno Poebel (various works) demonstrate that the name Sumer or Shumer is remarkably similar to the name Shem'':

"The [original] people of Sumer were designated 'Sumerians' after Shem, son of Noah, who was remembered as the eponymous ancestor of those who re-occupied biblical Shinar following the destruction of the antediluvian cities during the ... flood. The name Shumer is therefore an eponym."