Genesis 5:32 “And Noah lived five hundred years, and Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
Genesis 6:10 “Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
The firstborn son gets a lot of attention in the Bible. You would think that a list of someone’s children would be in chronological order. That’s not always the case. People of distinction or importance sometimes move to the top of the list. Such is the case with Noah’s son. Shem gets top billing because it is through his lineage that Abraham is born and ultimately the Messiah.
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