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Shem's Wife: What Genesis 11 Does Not Name

Genesis 11:10–11 tells us Shem was one hundred when Arpachshad was born, two years after the flood, and that he later had more sons and daughters. It never names his wife, and no other passage does either.

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Who Was Eliphaz the Temanite's Father?

Job 4:1 introduces Eliphaz the Temanite without naming any father. The Bible's only named father for an Eliphaz appears in Genesis, and the two figures should not be merged without care.

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Who Was Shem's Wife? Genesis 11:10–26

The Bible never names Shem's wife, and Genesis 11:10–26 gives no detail about her. What the passage does is trace the line from Shem through Arpachshad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor and Terah to Abram.

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