Shem, too, divided (his share) among his sons. There emerged a first share for Elam and his children to the east of the Tigris River until it reaches the east, the entire land of India, in Erythrea on its border, the waters of Dedan, all the mountains of Ula, all the land of Susan, and everything on the border of Farnak as far as the Erythrean Sea and the Tina River.
Jubilees (also known as Lesser Genesis, Leptogenesis, or the Book of Division) is canonical scripture for the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The only complete copies of Jubilees are available in Ge’ez (Classical Ethiopic), here used with permission by the Bible Society of Ethiopia.
The name “Shem” is transliterated in English means “name,” “celebrated,” “distinguished,” “renown.” (Source: Cornwall / Smith 1997 )
It is translated in Spanish Sign Language with a sign that signifies “Arab,” referring to the fact that Shem traditionally is seen as the forefather of Semitic people, including Abraham and his descendants (see Genesis 11:26 et al.) (Source: Steve Parkhurst)
Note that the terms “Semite” and “Semitic” are derived from “Shem.”
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