Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Adam to Egypt

4234 Adam
4104 Seth • 130 begot Seth Gen 5:4
3999 Enosh • 105 begot Enosh Gen 5:6
3909 Cainan • 90 begot Cainan Gen 5:9
3839 Mahalalel • 70 begot Mahalalel Gen 5:12
3774 Jared • 65 begot Jared Gen 5:15
3612 Enoch • 162 begot Enoch Gen 5:18
3547 Methuselah • 65 begot Methuselah Gen 5:21
3360 Lamech • 187 begot Lamech Gen 5:25
3178 Noah • 182 begot Noah Gen 5:28-29
2678 Shem • 500 begot Shem, Ham, Japheth Gen 5:32
2578 Arphaxad • 100 begot Arphaxad 2 yr/flood Gen 11:10
2543 Salah • 35 begot Salah Gen 11:12
2513 Eber • 30 begot Eber Gen 11:14
2479 Peleg • 34 begot Peleg Gen 11:16
2449 Reu • 30 begot Reu Gen 11:18
2417 Serug • 32 begot Serug Gen 11:20
2387 Nahor • 30 begot Nahor Gen 11:22
2358 Terah • 29 begot Terah Gen 11:24
2288 Abraham • 70 begot Abram, Nahor, Haran Gen 11:26
2188 Isaac • 100 Sarah bore Isaac Gen 21:3-5
2128 Jacob • 60 Rebekah bore Esau, Jacob Gen 25:24-26
1998 To Egypt • 130 stood before Pharoh Gen 47:9

Note: To keep this exposition from becoming cumbersome, we will simply observe that a few other chronological details, especially regarding Methusaleh, suggest some compression of years due to rounding. Actually Creation would be 4235 BC. The Flood would be 2580 (we can date the rains as beginning Nov 6 from scripture). From Arphaxad forward years should be fairly accurate and scripture gives us no other clues to help refine matters beyond what is stated above.

Note: Exodus 12:40-41 observes that the "sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was 430 years." Other sources read "Egypt and Canaan" which correctly points to the year 2028, when Benjamin was born. This sojourn was not that of Abraham, Isaac or even Jacob. It is specifically limited to the children of Israel, all of whom with exception of Benjamin were born in Haran, not Canaan.

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