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 ::That ludicrous! By your logic, Jesus Himself passes the penultimate mantle to Zacchaeus (Luk 19:8), by calling HIM a son of Abraham! Just because I am my father's son does NOT mean I'm his heir. In biblical terms, ""son of xxx"" means descended from. Therefore, I am my great-grandfather's son. I am the second son of a second son of a sixth son. Were there a kingship to inherit, I'd still be double-digits down the list behind all of the grandchildren of my great-grandfather's five elder boys, AND behind the innumerable kids born of my very prolific Uncle, and behind my brother and any kids he might end up with before every one of those people (and all their male issue) die. That does not mean that, if someone wrote my bio, they would ignore my lineage. It would be right to say that I was the son of Joseph, son of Otis, Son of Hiram. I would never be assumed, through that statement, to be Hiram's HEIR.  "