Descendants of Shem
Males are in roman type; females are in italic. Names attested in the Bible
(including the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha) are
listed in boldface.
Names
attested in noncanonical sources are listed in regular type. Names
known only from Jewish sources later than the first century AD or from
non-Jewish sources of any date are colorized
yellow or red,
respectively.
1-Shem (Ge 5:32; 10:1) b: late Ubaid
period, Shurrupak?
+Sedeqetelebab [Jubilees
4:16]
|--2-Elam (Ge 10:22)
| |--3-Shushan [Jubilees 8:1; Jasher 7:15]
| | |--4-Rasu'eya
[Jubilees 8:1]
| | +Arphachsad
(Ge 10:22; 11:10)
| |--3-Machul [Jasher 7:15]
| |--3-Harmon [Jasher
7:15]
|--2-Asshur (Ge 10:22)
| |--3-Mirus [Jasher
7:16]
| |--3-Mokil [Jasher
7:16]
|--2-Arphachsad (Ge 10:22;
11:10) b: Uruk 1 period
| +Rasu'eya [Jubilees
8:1] , par: Shushan [Jubilees 8:1; Jasher 7:15]
| |--3-Cainan (Ge 10:24
LXX; 11:12 LXX; Lk 3:36)
| | +Melka [Jubilees
8:5] , par: Madai (Ge 10:2) and Unknown
| | |--4-Shelah (Ge
10:24; 11:12)
| | +Mu'ak
[Jubilees 8:6] , par: Chesed [Jubilees 8:6]
| | |--5-Eber
(Ge 10:24; 11:14)
| | +Azurad [Jubilees 8:7] , par:
Nebrod [Jubilees 8:7]
| | |--6-Peleg (Ge 10:25; 11:16) d: Abt
2750-2700 B.C., Paliga?
| | | +Lomna [Jubilees 10:18] , par:
Sina'ar [Jubilees 10:18]
| | | |--7-Reu (Ge 10:11:18)
| | | | +Ora [Jubilees 11:1], par: Ur
[Jubilees 11:1]
| | | |
|--8-Serug (Ge 11:20)
| | |
| +Melka [Jubilees
11:7], par: Kaber [Jubilees 11:7]
| | |
| |--9-Nahor (Ge
11:22)
| | |
| +Iyaska [Jubilees 11:9], par:
Nestag of the Chaldeans [Jubilees 11:9]
| | |
| |--10-Terah (Ge 11:24)
| | | |--7-Kaber
[Jubilees 11:7]
| |
| |--8-Melka [Jubilees
11:7]
| |
| +Serug (Ge 11:20)
| | |--6-Joktan (Ge 10:25)
| |
|--7-Almodad (Ge 10:26)
| |
|--7-Sheleph (Ge 10:26)
| |
|--7-Hazarmaveth (Ge 10:26)
| |
|--7-Jerah (Ge 10:26)
| |
| |--8-Yashab [Arab
tradition]
| |
| |--9-Abd
Shems [Arab tradition]
| |
| |--10-Hamyar [Arab tradition]
| |
| |--10-Amru [Arabic tradition]
| |
| |--10-Cahlan [Arab tradition]
| |
| |--10-Al Matata [Arab tradition]
| |
|--7-Hadoram (Ge 10:27)
| |
| |--8-Abd Yalil
[Arab tradition]
| |
| |--9-Jorsham
[Arab tradition]
| |
| |--10-Abdo'l Madan [Arab tradition]
| |
|--7-Uzal (Ge 10:27)
| |
|--7-Diklah (Ge 10:27)
| |
|--7-Obal (Ge 10:28)
| |
|--7-Abimael (Ge 10:28)
| |
|--7-Sheba (Ge 10:28)
| |
|--7-Ophir (Ge 10:29)
| |
|--7-Havilah (Ge 10:29)
| |
|--7-Jobab (Ge 10:29)
| |--3-Chesed [Jubilees 8:6]
| |--4-Mu'ak
[Jubilees 8:6]
| +Shelah (Ge 10:24; 11:12)
|--2-Lud (Ge 10:22)
| |--3-Pethor [Jasher
7:17]
| |--3-Bizayon [Jasher
7:17]
|--2-Aram (Ge 10:22) [aka Ori in Ethiopian tradition]
|--3-Uz (Ge
10:23)
| |--4-Ad [Arab
tradition]
| |--5-Shadad [Arab tradition]
|--3-Hul (Ge
10:23)
|--3-Gether (Ge
10:23)
| |--4-Thamud [Arab
tradition]
|--3-Mash (Ge
10:23) [aka Gariak I in Ethiopian
tradition]
|--4-Gannkam [Ethiopian
tradition]
|--5-Borsa [Ethiopian tradition]