Person

Shem

Son of Noah; father of Arphaxad two years after the Flood.

Sort year2446 BC

Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World

Tier 4: Ussher, Annals: 1558 AM, 2446 BC (no higher-tier year available).

Scripture

birth of Shem, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	1558 AM Precision: year	AM 1558	Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), "Chronological Compendium", p. 1 (opens in a new tab) Row reads "Shem born when Noah was 502". Jones prints only the AM figure here; no BC year is printed for this birth, so year_bc_ad is left null (not inferred).
Ussher	1558 AM, 2446 BC Precision: year	2446 BC AM 1558	Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §31 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year
Jordan secondary	"1558 - Shem born (7:6; 11:10)" Precision: year	AM 1558	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §4 "The Chronology of Genesis 4 & 5" (year list) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan (compilation) secondary	1558 AM Precision: year	AM 1558	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 1558.
MT-Gen	AM 1558 Precision: year	AM 1558	Gen 11:10: Shem 100 years old when he begat Arphaxad two years after the Flood (AM 1656 + 2 − 100) (opens in a new tab)

death of Shem, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH	Not yet established	—	— pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones	Not yet established	—	— Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified.
Ussher	2158 AM, 1846 BC Precision: year	1846 BC AM 2158	Ussher, Annals of the World, Second Age, §96 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan secondary	"2158 - Shem ben Noah dies (Gen. 11:10-11)" Precision: year	AM 2158	Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 4)," Biblical Chronology 6:6 (June 1994), §12 "The Continuation of Abraham's Line" (year list) (opens in a new tab) Also The Law of the Covenant (1984), p. 44: "Shem, the Godly son of Noah, lived 502 years after the Flood" (interval as printed; n. 26).
Jordan (compilation) secondary	2158 AM Shem dies @ 600 years old Precision: year	AM 2158	Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 2, chart "Genesis 11:10 – 12 Genealogy" (opens in a new tab) Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 2158.
MT-Gen	AM 2158 Precision: year	AM 2158	Gen 11:10–11: lived 500 years after Arphaxad (born AM 1658) (opens in a new tab)

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