Who
A son of Shem in the table of nations (Genesis 10:22), father of a people usually identified with the Lydians of Asia Minor. They appear in the prophets as archers serving in foreign armies (Ezekiel 27:10). Isaiah names them among the far nations to whom God sends messengers: “to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow … and they shall declare my glory among the nations” (Isaiah 66:19).
Key verses
- Genesis 10:22
The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
- Isaiah 66:19
“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
Where the Bible names him
Family
- Parents
- Brothers and sisters
Discussed by
Comments on the verses that name him.
- Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 13
On the words Incarnate, and Made Man. Isaiah vii. 10–14 “And the Lord spoke again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign, &c.:” and “Behold! a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Emmanuel, &c.”…
- Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.22
That the Gentiles should rather believe in Christ. In Genesis: “And the Lord God said unto Abraham, Go out from thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, and go into that land which I shall show…
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, CCC 56
After the unity of the human race was shattered by sin God at once sought to save humanity part by part. the covenant with Noah after the flood gives expression to the principle of the divine economy toward the "nations", in other words, towards men…