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    Shem Bible Quiz — Questions and Answers

    All 10 questions with the correct answer, a short explanation, and the King James Version reference. Use this page as a study guide, an answer key, or a quick review sheet.

    1. Q1.Whose son was Shem?

      • A. Noah ✓
      • B. Methuselah
      • C. Lamech
      • D. Enoch

      Answer: Noah

      Genesis 5:32 (KJV) — 'Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.'

      Read Genesis 5:32 (KJV)

    2. Q2.Shem entered the ark with how many other persons?

      • A. Three
      • B. Five
      • C. Seven ✓
      • D. Twelve

      Answer: Seven

      Genesis 7:13 (KJV) — eight souls in all (Noah, his wife, three sons and their wives).

      Read Genesis 7:13 (KJV)

    3. Q3.What did Shem and Japheth do for their father?

      • A. Mocked him
      • B. Covered him with a garment, walking backward ✓
      • C. Carried him out
      • D. Anointed him

      Answer: Covered him with a garment, walking backward

      Genesis 9:23 (KJV).

      Read Genesis 9:23 (KJV)

    4. Q4.What did Noah say of Shem?

      • A. Cursed be Shem
      • B. Blessed be the LORD God of Shem ✓
      • C. Shem shall serve
      • D. Shem shall multiply alone

      Answer: Blessed be the LORD God of Shem

      Genesis 9:26 (KJV) — 'Blessed be the LORD God of Shem.'

      Read Genesis 9:26 (KJV)

    5. Q5.How old was Shem when he begat Arphaxad?

      • A. 50
      • B. 100 ✓
      • C. 187
      • D. 500

      Answer: 100

      Genesis 11:10 (KJV) — 'an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad.'

      Read Genesis 11:10 (KJV)

    6. Q6.How long did Shem live in all?

      • A. 500 years
      • B. 600 years ✓
      • C. 950 years
      • D. 969 years

      Answer: 600 years

      Genesis 11:11 (KJV) — 'lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years' (total 600).

      Read Genesis 11:11 (KJV)

    7. Q7.Shem was the ancestor of which patriarch?

      • A. Abraham ✓
      • B. Esau
      • C. Lot
      • D. Job

      Answer: Abraham

      Genesis 11:10-26 (KJV) traces the line from Shem to Abram.

      Read Genesis 11:26 (KJV)

    8. Q8.Through which son's line is Shem's blessing fulfilled in Christ?

      • A. Ham
      • B. Japheth
      • C. Shem ✓
      • D. Cain

      Answer: Shem

      Luke 3:36 (KJV) — Christ's genealogy passes through Sem (Shem).

      Read Luke 3:36 (KJV)

    9. Q9.What did Noah say should be Canaan's relation to Shem?

      • A. His brother
      • B. His servant ✓
      • C. His lord
      • D. His equal

      Answer: His servant

      Genesis 9:26 (KJV) — 'Canaan shall be his servant.'

      Read Genesis 9:26 (KJV)

    10. Q10.Where are 'the generations of Shem' recorded?

      • A. Genesis 5
      • B. Genesis 10:21-31 and Genesis 11:10-26 ✓
      • C. Exodus 1
      • D. Numbers 1

      Answer: Genesis 10:21-31 and Genesis 11:10-26

      Genesis 10 (KJV) and 11 (KJV) list Shem's descendants.

      Read Genesis 10:21 (KJV)