Interesting take of a possible connection between Melchizedek and Noah’s son, Shem. I checked the genealogy and counted 10 generations between Shem and Abram/Abraham, so it is possible.
From Luke Chapter 3 ...
Abraham, the son of Terah,
the son of Nahor,
the son of Serug,
the son of Reu,
the son of Peleg,
the son of Eber,
the son of Shelah,
the son of Cainan,
the son of Arphaxad,
the son of Shem,
the son of Noah
Genesis 11 says ...
These are the generations of Shem. When Shem was 100 years old, he fathered Arpachshad two years after the flood. 11 And Shem lived after he fathered Arpachshad 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
So Shem lived to be 600 years old. Is that long enough tp survive 10 generations? Hmm!
Israeli special forces just assasinateded the leader of Hamas in Iran ..
Yes, Shem survived into the life of Abraham - in Canaan.
In the Book of Jubilees, Shem took the post flood territory including Canaan, but (C)Ham's offspring usurped it for their own - which sets up the spiritual battle still being fought today, thousands of years later.
In my web page on the antichrist I outline the line of the antichrist just as Matthew lays out the line of Messiah. Actually, my lineage of antichrist is not as complete as Matthew's details but it is not necessary. The name 'Ham' appears prominently in Scripture attempting to cut off the line of Messiah - e.g. Haman (Book of Esther) and also the spirit of Amalek (H)Amalek, a grandson of Esau. (H)Amelek could translate as Ham the King, which totally attempts to unseat the line of God's King, through David - Jesus.
Amalek, for example, was an ancestor of Herod the Great, who killed all the babies of Bethlehem. A prominent combatant for Canaan (Palestine) today is Hamas...