Shem
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Shem is one of the sons of Noah in the Bible.
Portrait from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553) by Guillaume Rouillé
Noah
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Noah appears as the last of the Antediluvian patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible, the Quran and Baha'i writings, and extracanonically.
Shem
…and he gives his name to the title "Semites" formerly given to West Asian peoples. Islamic literature describes Shem as one of the believing sons of Noah. Some Islamic sources even identify Shem as a prophet in his own right and state that he was the next prophet after his father. Genesis 10:21 refers…
Detail from Noah with the animals in front of the ark by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1650
12th-century Venetian mosaic depiction of Noah sending the dove
Noah curses Ham by Gustave Doré
Genesis Apocryphon, a portion of the Dead Sea Scrolls that features Noah