Person Old Testament
Hul
Hul was one of the sons of Aram and a grandson of Shem, mentioned in the genealogies of Genesis and 1 Chronicles. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 10:23.
Why it matters. A son of Aram, grandson of Shem.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Hul
Hul is mentioned in Gen.10.23 and 1Ch.1.17 as one of the sons of Aram, who was a son of Shem, one of Noah's three sons. Hul is listed alongside his brothers Uz, Gether, and Mash (or Meshech in 1 Chronicles).
The genealogies in Genesis 10 and 1Chronicles 1 provide a record of the descendants of Noah's sons after the flood, tracing the origins of various nations and people groups. Hul's inclusion in these genealogies suggests that he was the ancestor of a specific people group or nation, although the Bible does not provide any further details about his descendants.
As a grandson of Shem, Hul would have been part of the Semitic people, who are generally associated with the ancient Near East, including the regions of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Arabia.
Apart from being mentioned in these genealogies, no other information is provided about Hul in the Bible. His inclusion in the record serves to highlight the development and spread of the human population after the flood and to trace the lineage of the Semitic people.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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- Aram
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.