Who's this one by? Simple yet majestic.
But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it.
In the pre-flood world, men lived 500-900 years. By the time of Abraham, the time was down to 120-175 years. Yet, if we look at the timeline of everything, Shem could've been alive during the time of Abraham.
Also, his kingdom having "no beginning", ie, he was the last living pre-flood person in the world, so he would've been from a time few could understand.
Who's this one by? Simple yet majestic.
My mom likes to tell a story about an elder in her church who, when delivering a sermon about this biblical character, called him “Mel Kiss a Dick”. She cracks up telling that story, and says it was all she could do to keep from laughing out loud.