Doug Brents
Well-known member
I have been working on a study of the age of the Earth for some time now, and have come across some very interesting insights.
The first thing I realized that was eye opening to me was that when Abram was called out of Ur, Shem (the last recorded living person who had lived before the Flood) was still alive. That means that if, after Babel Abram still lived in the same area as Shem, Abram could have spoken with, and learned from, someone who lived before the Flood and whose father talked with God.
The second thing that surprised me was how old Jacob was when he worked for Laban for Rachel and Leah. I had always perceived him as being a young man, and not 78 years old at the beginning of his service to Laban.
The third was the realization that the first eleven of Jacobs children were born during the seven years that he worked for Rachel, and before he started the six years of working for the cattle.
What other insights does anyone see?
This is a work in progress, and I have made some assumptions (which I tried to indicate), so if you have any constructive additions, Scriptures that point to changes that need to be made, etc. please let me know.
I constructed this in Excel, but had to convert it to PDF to upload it here. It may be helpful to reconstruct it in Excel, or give me an email and I can send the original to anyone who wants to continue the study on their own.
The first thing I realized that was eye opening to me was that when Abram was called out of Ur, Shem (the last recorded living person who had lived before the Flood) was still alive. That means that if, after Babel Abram still lived in the same area as Shem, Abram could have spoken with, and learned from, someone who lived before the Flood and whose father talked with God.
The second thing that surprised me was how old Jacob was when he worked for Laban for Rachel and Leah. I had always perceived him as being a young man, and not 78 years old at the beginning of his service to Laban.
The third was the realization that the first eleven of Jacobs children were born during the seven years that he worked for Rachel, and before he started the six years of working for the cattle.
What other insights does anyone see?
This is a work in progress, and I have made some assumptions (which I tried to indicate), so if you have any constructive additions, Scriptures that point to changes that need to be made, etc. please let me know.
I constructed this in Excel, but had to convert it to PDF to upload it here. It may be helpful to reconstruct it in Excel, or give me an email and I can send the original to anyone who wants to continue the study on their own.
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