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According to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
, Aram (????? or ?Aram) was a son of Shem
Shem

Shem was one of the sons of Noah in the Bible. He is most popularly regarded as the eldest son, though some traditions regard him as the second son....
, and the father of Uz
Uz (son of Aram)

According to the Sons of Noah of Genesis 10 in the Hebrew Bible, Uz is one of the sons of Aram, son of Shem. This makes him the great-grandson of Noah....
, Hul
Hul

In the Book of Genesis Hul is the son of Aram, son of Shem. According to the first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus it was he who founded Armenia....
, Gether
Gether

According to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible Gether was the third son of Aram, son of Shem.In Arabic traditions, he became the father of Thamud, whose brother the Qur'an calls Salih....
 and Mash.

In older historiographic sources, he is usually regarded as being the eponymous ancestor of the Aramaean people of Northern Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, some parts of southeastern Turkey, and some parts of the Khuzestan Province of southwestern Iran....
 and Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
. While the historical Aramaeans do not make their definite appearance until ca. 1300 BC, there are disputed references to a campaign against "Aram" as early as 2300 BC, in the inscriptions of Naram-Sin
Naram-Sin

Naram-Suen , ca. 2190 ? 2154 BC short chronology, was the third successor and grandson of Sargon of Akkad; under Naram-Suen the Akkadian Empire reached its zenith....
 of Akkad
Akkad

The Akkadian Empire was an empire centered in the city of Akkad Sumerian language: Agade KUR A.GA.D?KI "land of Akkad". ; Biblical Accad) and its surrounding region Akkadian URU Akkad KI in central Mesopotamia....
.

According to the Book of Jubilees (9:5), the inheritance of the Earth to be bequeathed to the descendants of Aram included all of the land between the Tigris
Tigris

The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq....
 and Euphrates
Euphrates

The Euphrates is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia which flows from Anatolia....
 rivers, as far north as the mountains; although historically, the Aramaeans never at any time occupied the whole of this territory, which would include all of Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
.

The land of Aram-Naharaim
Aram-Naharaim

Aram-Naharaim or "Aram of Two Rivers," is a region that is mentioned five times in the Tanakh. It is commonly identified with Nahrima mentioned in three tablets of the Amarna correspondence as a geographical description of the kingdom of Mitanni....
 ("Aram of the Two Rivers") that included Haran
Haran

In the Bible, Haran is the name of two men and of a place. Though usually spelled identically in English language, they are not in Hebrew language....
, mentioned five times in the Bible, is traditionally thought to be populated by descendants of Aram, as is the nearby land of Aram
Aram (Biblical region)

Aram is the name of a region mentioned in the Bible located in central Syria, including where the city of Aleppo now stands. Aram stretched from the Lebanon mountains eastward across the Euphrates, including the Habur valley in northwestern Mesopotamia....
 that included Aram Damascus
Aram Damascus

Aram Damascus was an Aramaean state around Damascus in Syria, from the late 12th century BCE to 734 BCE.Sources for this state come from texts that can be divided into three categories: Assyrian annals, Aramaean texts, and the Hebrew Bible....
 and Aram Rehob
Aram Rehob

Aram Rehob was an early Aramaean kingdom, of which the chief city was Rehob or Beth-Rehob, associated with Aram-Zobah as hostile to King David. Book of Numbers xiii.21 and Book of Judges xviii.28 place a Beth-Rehob in the Lebanon region near Tel Dan....
.

Aram son of Shem is also revered as a prophet
Prophet

In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have encountered the supernatural or the Divinity, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity....
 in Mandaeism
Mandaeism

Mandaeism or Mandaeanism is a monotheistic religion with a strongly Dualism worldview. Its adherents, the Mandaeans, revere Adam , Abel, Seth, Enos , Noah, Shem, Aram, son of Shem and especially John the Baptist....
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According to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible

The term Hebrew Bible is a generic reference to those books of the Bible originally written mostly in Biblical Hebrew with some Biblical Aramaic....
, Aram (????? or ?Aram) was a son of Shem
Shem

Shem was one of the sons of Noah in the Bible. He is most popularly regarded as the eldest son, though some traditions regard him as the second son....
, and the father of Uz
Uz (son of Aram)

According to the Sons of Noah of Genesis 10 in the Hebrew Bible, Uz is one of the sons of Aram, son of Shem. This makes him the great-grandson of Noah....
, Hul
Hul

In the Book of Genesis Hul is the son of Aram, son of Shem. According to the first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus it was he who founded Armenia....
, Gether
Gether

According to the Table of Nations in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible Gether was the third son of Aram, son of Shem.In Arabic traditions, he became the father of Thamud, whose brother the Qur'an calls Salih....
 and Mash.

In older historiographic sources, he is usually regarded as being the eponymous ancestor of the Aramaean people of Northern Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, some parts of southeastern Turkey, and some parts of the Khuzestan Province of southwestern Iran....
 and Syria
Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
. While the historical Aramaeans do not make their definite appearance until ca. 1300 BC, there are disputed references to a campaign against "Aram" as early as 2300 BC, in the inscriptions of Naram-Sin
Naram-Sin

Naram-Suen , ca. 2190 ? 2154 BC short chronology, was the third successor and grandson of Sargon of Akkad; under Naram-Suen the Akkadian Empire reached its zenith....
 of Akkad
Akkad

The Akkadian Empire was an empire centered in the city of Akkad Sumerian language: Agade KUR A.GA.D?KI "land of Akkad". ; Biblical Accad) and its surrounding region Akkadian URU Akkad KI in central Mesopotamia....
.

According to the Book of Jubilees (9:5), the inheritance of the Earth to be bequeathed to the descendants of Aram included all of the land between the Tigris
Tigris

The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq....
 and Euphrates
Euphrates

The Euphrates is the western of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia which flows from Anatolia....
 rivers, as far north as the mountains; although historically, the Aramaeans never at any time occupied the whole of this territory, which would include all of Babylonia
Babylonia

Babylonia was a state in Lower Mesopotamia , Babylon as its franklin. Babylonia emerged when Hammurabi created an empire out of the territories of the former kingdoms of Sumer and Akkad....
.

The land of Aram-Naharaim
Aram-Naharaim

Aram-Naharaim or "Aram of Two Rivers," is a region that is mentioned five times in the Tanakh. It is commonly identified with Nahrima mentioned in three tablets of the Amarna correspondence as a geographical description of the kingdom of Mitanni....
 ("Aram of the Two Rivers") that included Haran
Haran

In the Bible, Haran is the name of two men and of a place. Though usually spelled identically in English language, they are not in Hebrew language....
, mentioned five times in the Bible, is traditionally thought to be populated by descendants of Aram, as is the nearby land of Aram
Aram (Biblical region)

Aram is the name of a region mentioned in the Bible located in central Syria, including where the city of Aleppo now stands. Aram stretched from the Lebanon mountains eastward across the Euphrates, including the Habur valley in northwestern Mesopotamia....
 that included Aram Damascus
Aram Damascus

Aram Damascus was an Aramaean state around Damascus in Syria, from the late 12th century BCE to 734 BCE.Sources for this state come from texts that can be divided into three categories: Assyrian annals, Aramaean texts, and the Hebrew Bible....
 and Aram Rehob
Aram Rehob

Aram Rehob was an early Aramaean kingdom, of which the chief city was Rehob or Beth-Rehob, associated with Aram-Zobah as hostile to King David. Book of Numbers xiii.21 and Book of Judges xviii.28 place a Beth-Rehob in the Lebanon region near Tel Dan....
.

Aram son of Shem is also revered as a prophet
Prophet

In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have encountered the supernatural or the Divinity, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity....
 in Mandaeism
Mandaeism

Mandaeism or Mandaeanism is a monotheistic religion with a strongly Dualism worldview. Its adherents, the Mandaeans, revere Adam , Abel, Seth, Enos , Noah, Shem, Aram, son of Shem and especially John the Baptist....
.