Person
Shem
Shem lived 600 years by the genealogies' ages: 2446 BC – 1846 BC in the Traditional (the Modern reckoning gives no dates before Abraham).
When did Shem live?
- Modern reckoning
- no date (before Abraham)
- Traditional reckoning
- 2446–1846 BC
- Age at death
- 600, by the genealogies' ages
Ages come from the Bible's own numbers, read the traditional way (no gaps in the genealogies). In the Modern reckoning a life keeps its length and is placed from the nearest dated event. Lifespans: Theographic Bible Metadata. About the two reckonings.
Who was alive at the same time as Shem?
By the genealogies' ages (traditional reading), longest overlap first.
Events
- The flood undated
- The Great Flood undated
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.