First name Shem in the world's Bibles

In the bible, Shem is the name of the son of Noah (GEN 5:32). Meaning of the name: name; renown. Related names are: Japheth, Ham, Noah . The translations of Shem in 77 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from Sem in Spanish to セム in Japanese!
Name Shem in the world's Bibles
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (GEN 5:32)
And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (GEN 6:10)
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; (GEN 7:13)
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. (GEN 9:18)
And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. (GEN 9:23)
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (GEN 9:26)
God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (GEN 9:27)
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. (GEN 10:1)
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. (GEN 10:21)
The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. (GEN 10:22)
These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. (GEN 10:31)
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: (GEN 11:10)
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: (GEN 11:10)
And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. (GEN 11:11)
Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (1CH 1:4)
The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. (1CH 1:17)
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, (1CH 1:24)

Popularity of the name Shem in its translations around the world

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