Commentary for Sanhedrin 138:14

ממאי דלמא אברהם זוטא דאחוה הוה ודרך חכמתן קא חשיב להו

Hence, Abraham was ten years older than Sarah, and two years older than her father [Haran]. Therefore, Sarah must have been born when Haran was eight years old. But why so: perhaps Abram was the youngest of the brethren, the Writ giving them in order of wisdom? In proof of this contention, it is written, And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begat Shem, Ham and Japheth; hence [if the order is according to age], Shem was at least a year older than Ham, and Ham a year older than Japheth, so that Shem was two years older than Japheth. Now, it is written, And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water was upon the earth;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. VII, 6. ');">²⁵</span> and it is written, These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XI, 10. ');">²⁶</span>

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