SHEM BECAME THE FATHER OF SEMITIC PEOPLE (MIDDLE EAST, NORTHERN AFRICA): according to the Bible

SHEM - Table of Nations

Gen 10:22 The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
Gen 10:23 The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.
Gen 10:24 Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber.
Gen 10:25 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his

brother's name was Joktan.
Gen 10:26 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
Gen 10:27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
Gen 10:28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
Gen 10:29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
Gen 10:30 The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east.
Gen 10:31 These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.


Sons of SHEM (Shemites, Semitic - MIDDLE EAST, NORTHERN AFRICA):


1. Elam (Elamites, Persians) - IRAN


2. Asshur (Assyrians) - Northern IRAQ


3. Arphaxad

Amalekites - JORDAN, SYRIA, SINAI PENINSULA (EGYPT), SAUDI ARABIA

Amorites, Mesopotamia - IRAQ, SYRIA

Arabians, Arabs, Bedouins - SAUDI ARABIA

Edomites - NEGEV DESERT (ISRAEL), ARABAH VALLEY, DEAD SEA, JORDAN

Chaldeans - Southern IRAQ

Hebrews, Israelites, Jews - ISRAEL

Ishmaelites - SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN

Midianites - ARABIA, GULF OF AQABA (JORDAN, EGYPT, ISRAEL, SAUDI ARABIA), NEGEV DESERT

Moabites, Ammonites, Jordanians, Palestinians - JORDAN, PALESTINE


4. Lud (Lydians) - TURKEY, ALGERIA, EGYPT, LIBYA, MAURITANIA, MOROCCO, SUDAN, TUNISIA, WESTERN SAHARA)


5. Aram

Aramaeans, Aramaic - ARMENIA

Lebanese - LEBANON

Syrians - SYRIA