In Genesis, Shem is identified as the father of Aram.
Genesis 10:22 lists Aram among the sons of Shem. Shem is one of Noah’s three sons, alongside Ham and Japheth, and the genealogical table places Aram within Shem’s family line after the Flood.
The name Aram is associated in the Bible with regions and peoples connected to ancient Syria and upper Mesopotamia. The genealogies in Genesis connect various nations and territories to Noah’s descendants, making this passage a foundational origin tradition within the biblical narrative.
This question concerns Aram’s parentage, not the identity of Noah’s eldest son. Genesis 5:32 lists Shem, Ham, and Japheth together, while Genesis 10 gives descendants under each branch. Later biblical traditions also use “Shem” as the source of the term “Semitic,” although the modern linguistic category is broader than this single genealogy.