Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
★ = No Qara Sem - Still Immediate Father/Son
This is the first of the two exceptions to the Qara Sem rule. Where Qara Sem is not used, but we have proof of an immediate Father/Son relationship
Proof of Immediate Father/Son Relationship
Genesis 7:13 ¶ In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark;
1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
These two verses confirm that Shem lived at the same time that Noah did, and was not a later descendant.
Analysis
Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
The first assumption we could make is that Noah's sons are listed here from oldest to youngest.
The second assumption is that because Shem is listed first, he must be the oldest, therefore born when Noah was 500 years old. Or even that each of his sons we're are all born the same year.
However, after careful research, we'll discover that Shem is not the oldest Son. Will also see that Shem is the only Son of Noah's, where we can find out his birth and death year, but God doesn't state it plainly.
Key Findings
Noah begat Sons beginning age 500
Genesis 5:32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Noah Was 600 Years Old When Flood Began
Genesis 7:6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Flood Lasted One Year - Noah went from 600 to 601 years old.
Genesis 8:13 ¶ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 15 ¶ And God spake unto Noah, saying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Determining Shem’s Age To See When He Was Born To Noah
Genesis 11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Here we learn that Shem's Age is 100, two years after the flood, this information is helpful and is needed in order to help us determine how old Noah was when Shem was born. This is the main objective.
<<<(Proving what “After the flood means”)>>>
Since we know the Flood event lasted 1 year we have a mystery to first solve. Is it two years from the point the flood began (600th year of Noah’s Life), or two years from the point the flood ended (601th Year of Noah’s Life)? See graphic below.
It's a matter of determining if we should count the year of the flood as one of the two years mentioned.
Since God doesn’t specify that here, so we have to search it out to find an example of how God would count it.
Here’s how we can prove what God means, by saying two years “after the flood”. God uses the same language here with Noah.
Genesis 9:28 ¶ And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
If we assume the starting point is at the End of Flood as would be naturally to assume, since it says "after", Noah’s total Age would be 601 + 350, = 951 Years
951 would however be incorrect because of the following verse.
Genesis 9:29 And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died.
Which means we must assume the starting point is the Beginning point of Flood, or another way to put it, we'd count the year of the flood as one of those years= Noah’s Age 600 at beginning of flood+ 350 = 950
The same would apply to Shem. He was 100 years old, two years after the starting point of the flood, not the ending point of the flood.
Which means he was 98 at the time of the flood. (100 - 2 = 98)
Beginning Point of Flood
Noah = 600 Yrs old
Shem = 98 Yrs old
Since we know both Noah’s Age and Shem’s age at the beginning point of the flood, we just have to minus Noah’s Age (600) from Shem’s Age (98) and this will give us the age Noah was, when Shem was born.
600 - 98 = 502
Noah was 502 years old when Shem was born.
You can also take what their ages were two years after the flood and minus them. 602 - 100 = 502. Either way works.
Math:
0 + 130 + 105 + 905 + 910 +895 + 962 + 365 + 969 + 182 + 502 = 5925
Earth's Age: 5925
B.C: -5088
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