Saturday, March 3, 2012

Good to see you, great (to the 6th) grandfather! Mind a nickname?

When I started studying the bible (as opposed to just reading the bible) I started charting some of the items I found.  One of those was the years people lived in Genesis.

<tangent>Some of the exercises I have done may be common. In fact, since I did this several years ago, I have found many internet resources that have similar analyses. I don't claim to be original. But I would argue there is much more value it writing it down or calculating it yourself, not only to verify the accuracy, but to further your personal understanding of God's word.</tangent>

Here is the data I pulled from the first few pages of Genesis. If you copy this, I recommend that you verify the years are accurate so you are more confident with the validity of the data.


Name Year born Years Lived Year died Father's age at birth
Adam 0 930 930 0
Seth 130 912 1042 130
Enosh 235 905 1140 105
Kenan 325 910 1235 90
Mahalalel 395 895 1290 70
Jared 460 962 1422 65
Enoch 622 365 987 162
Methuselah  687 969 1656 65
Lamech  874 777 1651 187
Noah 1056 950 2006 182


Once I had this list, I played with various graphs and the data became more tangible. For example, when I used a stock graph, I realized that Adam had the opportunity to know all the patriarchs except Noah.

This exercise gave me many hours of meditation material. I wonder about how they lived - together? Apart? Did they have family gatherings? What would Lamech call his great (to the 6th) grandfather?

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