Aram, son of Shem

Aram (Hebrew: אֲרָם Aram) is a son of Shem, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 of the Hebrew Bible, and the father of Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash or Meshech.^[1] The Book of Chronicles lists Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech as descendants of Shem, although without stating explicitly that Aram is the father of the other four.^[2]

In the Hebrew Bible, Aram is usually regarded as being the eponymous ancestor of the Aramean people of ancient Syria.^{[citation needed]} On the contrary, Australian Chinese revolutionary and South China Morning Post co-founder Tse Tsan-Tai claim that Aram’s sons Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech are the ancestors of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, Austroasiatic peoples, Austronesians, and the indigenous peoples of Siberia, respectively, while also assigning the Armenians to Aram.^[3]