Timtofly
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The verse was not explaining the literal. The point was explaining how living 500 years seemed when most humans only lived 35 to 40. Many generations came and went while Shem was the king of Salem.I've seen that proposed online as one solution, but it doesn't really match with the "without father, without mother, without descent" idea. And having "no end of life" doesn't match Shem's 600 year old lifespan either.
"And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters."
"And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God."
Being a priest of the most high God, does not come out of thin air. See who held that role after Adam:
"And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:"
After Abel there was no one, not even righteous Noah, but after the Flood the only human stepping forward would be Shem. Since you take it as literal, then of course God had to create this human and send him to earth, or go with a son of Noah.
Or you just have one of the sons of Noah living in obscurity for 500 years, when his purpose would be as written in God's Word. Shem was not the oldest, but that has not stopped God from His purposes. Abel was not the oldest. Jacob was not the oldest. Etc.
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