Shem's Posterity

by John P. Pratt (Current version, not the 1968 version)

                      __Shushan___           ___JUDAH____
                     |                \                  |
       __Elam________|__Machul____     \_ _ __Tamar_(f)->|
      | (Persians)   |                 /_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
      |              |__Harmon____    /                    |   Malkiel   
      |                                                                  |
      |                                __Bela__                          |
      |               __Mirus_____    /                                  |
      |__Asshur______|               /          __Reu_______             |
      | (Assyrians)  |__Mokil_____             | b.1787     |            |
      |                               __Peleg__| d.2026     |__Serug->   |
      |            __Salah__         | b.1757                 b.1819     |
      |           | b.1693  |__Eber__| d.1996                 d.2049     |
      |_Arphaxad__| d.2126   b.1723  |          __Almodad__              |
<-Shem| b. 1658   |          d.2187  |         |__Sheleph__              |
b.1556| d. 2096   |__Anar___         |         |__Hazarmaveth            |
d.2158|(Chaldeans)|                  |         |__Jerah____              |
      |           |__Ashcol___       |         |__Hadoram__              |
      |                              |         |__Uzal_____  Hadurah(f)->|
      |               __Pethor____   |__Joktan_|__Diklah___ |            |
      |__Lud_________|                         |__Obal_____ |   __ASHER__|
      | (Lydians)    |__Bizayon___             |__Abimael___|  
      |                                        |__Sheba____     __LEVI___
      |               __Uz________             |__Ophir____              |
      |              |                         |__Havilah__  _Adinah(f)->|
      |              |__Hul_______             |__Jobab_____|           
      |__Aram________|                                      |_Aridah(f)->
        (Syrians)    |__Gether____                                       |
                     |                                        _ISSACHAR__|
                     |__Mash______   
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References

Sons of Shem, Gen. 10:22
Parenthetial identifications from Josephus 6:4
Sons of Aram, Gen. 10:23
Grandsons of Shem, Jash. 7:15-17
Arphaxad - Terah, (dates), Gen. 11:10-25, 32
Double check on dates, Jash. 25:28, 28:17, 30:15, 10:1, 16:22, 21:9, 11:12, 22:33
Tamar, Gen. 38, Jash. 45:23
Bela, founder of Zoar, Jash. 10:35
Joktan and sons, Gen. 10:25-29
Adinah, Aridah, Hadurah and Malkiel, Jash. 45:5, 13-14