> Uh... I don't understand. Why *Noah* as the point of lineal convergence? Noah entered the ark with his wife, his three sons, AND their wives. The way the account goes, out of these eight people who found favour in God's eyes to remake humankind anew, *four* of them were NOT of Noah's blood (unless incest simply was not a consideration back then). Therefore the descendants of the new Covenant originated from *five* different unique bloodlines, not just Noah's.
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> Yes, I can see how Noah directly contributed his seed to ALL his descendants. However, assuming his sons' wives also must have had daughters as well as sons in order to perpetuate the race, with enough intermarriage between cousins the percent contribution of bloodline from the *wives* of Shem, Ham, and Japheth would, in some cases, have ended up far higher than Noah's contribution! I think there's no escaping it; we have to take the wives into consideration as direct progenitors. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something here?

You have got me! I never even thought about the wives of Noah's sons.

Of course, my original statement that started this thread tangent was that we should all be able to trace our lineage back to Noah. I don't think I ever said there was no one else involved...

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