Fear No Fear

(All scripture from the World English Bible, ebible.org, all rights reserved)

“To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born. The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. Arpachshad fathered Shelah; and Shelah fathered Eber. 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. Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, Obal, Abimael, Sheba, Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha in the direction of Sephar to the hill country of the east. These are the sons of Shem, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.”
(Genesis 10:21-31)

Asshur was the father of the Assyrians. Aram fathered the Syrians. Uz was the land where Job lived, so presumably he was a descendant of Aram, father of Uz. Arphaxad was the father of the Chaldeans.

Eber is mentioned in Easton’s Bible Dictionary as the father of the Hebrew people. He is also in the genealogy of Luke 3:35.

Parts of this passage are echoed in 1 Chronicles 1:20-23. Genesis 11:10-30 list the full genealogy of Shem which ends with Abram (Abraham) and Sarai (Sarah), the origin of the Israelites. Of all the descendants of Noah, Shem’s line was the godliest.