Shem was still alive during the time of Abraham, ten generations after Noah’s Flood, so having lived six hundred years, Shem was understandably seen by the many as a god, Baal Shaman, and Sidon a son of Canaan was of the biblical generation which lived over four hundred years, worshipped as Posidon, Asshur in the same category, then of course Deucalion or Zeus who was Ziusudra (deity hydra) was Noah, having lived a total of nine-hundred-fifty years, three hundred fifty after the Flood.
