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The Bible gives the date of the flood here:{{bible quote|In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.|book=Genesis|chap=7|verses=11}}

The Bible gives the date of the flood here:{{bible quote|In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.|book=Genesis|chap=7|verses=11}}

Therefore Noah was 502 years old when Shem was born. And given that Noah was 500 years old when he began having sons, another son was born two years before Shem was born.

Therefore, Noah was 502 years old when Shem was born. And given that Noah was 500 years old when he began having sons, another son was born two years before Shem was born.

To learn which son that was, consider this verse:{{bible quote|When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,|book=Genesis|chap=9|verses=24}}

To learn which son that was, consider this verse:{{bible quote|When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him,|book=Genesis|chap=9|verses=24}}