This portion came forth by lot for Shem and his sons, that they should possess it for ever unto his generations for evermore.
And Noah rejoiced that this portion came forth for Shem and for his sons, and he remembered all that he had spoken with his mouth in prophecy; for he had said:
Blessed be the Lord God of Shem, And may the Lord dwell in the dwelling of Shem."
And he knew that the Garden of Eden is the holy of holies, and the dwelling of the Lord, and Mount Sinai the centre of the desert, and Mount Zion--the centre of the navel of the earth: these three were created as holy places facing each other.