For those adept in the Scriptures, don't forget that Arabs are SEMITIC as well. Descendants from Ishmael's 12 sons, through the union with Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian handmaiden. SEMITE only means descendants of Shem the son of Noah, the old and correct English term was SHEMITE which eventually became Semite. Jews also claim to be Semitic descendants of Shem onto Abraham and eventuallly through Jacob/Israel onto the Tribe or House of Judah hence their given nickname "Jew, Jewish". Jesus the Christ did inform us however in John 8 that they were not of Abrahams seed, therefore cannot be descended from Shem. In John 8:44, Jesus Christ most notably identified them as being of their father the devil through Cain which is supported by Genesis 3:15. Know what superfecundation means and what the real sin was in the Garden. Remember that Cain is Abel's half brother and is found nowhere in the genealogy of Adam. Cain's bloodline is totally separate. II John 3:12 confirms this, "Not as Cain who was of that wicked one and slew his Brother. Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 reveals to us the same. The original Greek Codex is quite specific about this when correctly translated into English; "I know the blasphemy of them which SAY they are of Judah and are NOT but are the Synagogue of Satan." and "Behold, I will make them of the Synagogue of Satan, which SAY they are of the House of Judah and are NOT, but do lie." So the question is, what peoples in the world today CLAIM to be of Judah? It is certainly not the Christians.