Year not stated · Flood to Babel
The families descending from Shem are named
Genesis lists Shem's descendants by their clans, languages, lands, and nations. This describes the families after their dispersal; Genesis 11 then returns to the time when the earth had one language and recounts how the languages were confused (Genesis 10:21-31; 11:1-9).
undated in Scripture
Scripture gives no year; the Table of Nations describes the result, and Genesis 11 recounts the Babel event
📖 Genesis 10:21–23
21And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber. 22The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
Sources: Scripture — Genesis 10:21-31 · Genesis 11:1-9
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