And Shem, Japheth’s elder brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.
1 Chronicles 1:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Shem’s sons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. American Standard Version (1901) The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. Common English Bible Shem’s family: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. Aram’s family: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. Catholic Public Domain Version The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The sons of Sem: Elam, and Asur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Hus, and Hul, and Gether, and Mosoch. |
And Shem, Japheth’s elder brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.
These are the family records of Shem. Shem lived for 100 years and fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood.
In those days King Amraphel of Shinar, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim
they approached Zerubbabel and the family heads and said to them, ‘Let us build with you, for we also worship your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time King Esar-haddon of Assyria brought us here.’
On that day the Lord will extend his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who survive #– #from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west.
A troubling vision is declared to me: ‘The treacherous one acts treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning.’
Elam took up a quiver with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations #– #to Tarshish, Put, Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan, and the coasts and islands far away #– #who have not heard about me or seen my glory. And they will proclaim my glory among the nations.
all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of Media;
Men of Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, serving as your warriors. They hung shields and helmets in you; they gave you splendour.
Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.
‘Assyria is there with her whole assembly; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
‘Elam is there with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword – those who went down to the underworld uncircumcised, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
I saw the vision, and as I watched, I was in the fortress city of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.
Assyria will not save us, we will not ride on horses, and we will no longer proclaim, “Our gods! ” to the work of our hands. For the fatherless receives compassion in you.’
Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, put a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel! ’
son of Cainan, son of Arphaxad, son of Shem, son of Noah, son of Lamech,