S ~ This is the account of Shem’s family. Two years after the great flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad. After the birth of Arphaxad, Shem lived another 500 years and had other sons and daughters. Genesis 11:10-11
O ~ Sometimes we think of Noah's sons as young men, with their young wives. Shem was 100 2 years after the flood, making him 98 years old at the time of the flood. Even if he was 98 at the end of the flood, the would make him 97 at the beginning of the flood. Noah's boys were not little boys or young men.
A ~ I'm reminded again to pay attention to the time gaps in scripture. The bible often reads like one continuing story, moving from verse to verse, but quite often there are huge gaps of time in between verses. God told Noah to build an ark. Noah and his sons and the animals enter the ark and the flood begins. It could be nearly a whole century between the building and the entering of the ark.
P ~ Lord, help me be faithful in the day to day time lapse between Your spoken word to me, and the fulfillment of Your promises. You make everything beautiful in YOUR time.
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