@Niobius In retrospect I need to return to
hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/a/6246 and the bolded comment of "Thus: There is no reason to read the "life begins at birth" vs. "life begins at conception" debate into the story of the life of Shem. There are several arguments one can use, but Shem's age is not among them." Not to start conflict, I really believe the use of ages reveal just that as a fact. To me so far it