“The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.”
Asshur was a son of Shem, the father of the white racial strain
—those of fair skin and lighter hair.
Notice that Arphaxad is listed in this verse as the third son of Shem.
Now read Genesis 11:10: “These are the generations of Shem:
Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood.”
Neither of Shem’s first two sons, Elam or Asshur, are mentioned!
That’s because they were rejected as the heirs of Shem’s inheritance.
If they were working alongside Nimrod, you can see why Shem (and God)
rejected them! Asshur parted with his father and became the progenitor of the Assyrian people.
Over 300 years later, Abraham, through whom God was to raise up His chosen
nation Israel, was begotten of the line of Arphaxad, the third son of Shem.
that Asshur, father of the Assyrians,
and Arphaxad, whose line Abraham descended from,
both came from Shem. This means that while there may be some
distinguishable physical differences between the Assyrians and Israelites,
both peoples came from the fair-skinned, white racial strain of Shem.