Jesus In The Old Testament: The Son of Shem

Shortly after God had sent a flood to cover the entire earth. Shortly after Noah and his sons walked off of the ark. Shortly after God had made a covenant with Noah and his family we read in Genesis 9:18-24; The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth. Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked. When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, he said, “Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves will he be to his brothers.” 

Following this account we have another phrase spoken by Noah, which may be quickly passed over. Yet it is in this short statement from Noah that we begin to see the family line of Jesus presented in Genesis 9:26-27; [Noah] also said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem. May God extend Japheth’s territory; may Japheth live in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.

Blessings are spoken on the line of Ham and on Ham's son, Shem. "Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem" - not only will God bless Shem and be the "God of Shem". The God of Shem will become the son of Shem. We read this in Luke 3:36.

The line of Jesus is listed in its entirety in Luke 3:27-37; Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph,the son of Heli, the son of Matthat,the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,  the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli,the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein,the son of Josek, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa,the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,the son of Neri, the son of Melki, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam,the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer,the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph,the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna,the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob the son of Isaac, the son of 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, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.