The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram.

And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram,

And he took up his oracle, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse for me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel.

For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Aram, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even threescore towns. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire themselves chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Aram-maachah, and out of Zobah.

And Jacob fled into the country of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.