Core Text
Core Textתַּנְיָא, שֵׁם קָטָן שֶׁבַּכֻּלָּם הָיָה, אֶלָּא דֶּרֶךְ חָכְמָתָם חֲשִׁיב לְהוּ. תֵּדַע, דִּכְתִיב וַיְהִי נֹחַ בֶּן חֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד נֹחַ אֶת שֵׁם אֶת חָם וְאֶת יֶפֶת... נִמְצָא שֵׁם גָּדוֹל מִיֶּפֶת שְׁתֵּי שָׁנִים...
English of Core Text: It was taught: Shem was the youngest of them all, yet they are listed in the order of their wisdom. Know [this], for it is written “And Noach was five hundred years old and Noach begot Shem, Cham and Yefes”... it turns out that Shem was two years older than Yefes...