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Biblical ages, one of the oldest books we can use are the Bible.
Genesis 5
Line from Adam to Noah
Adam lived 930 years .He had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. After Seth was born, he had other sons and daughters.
Seth lived 912 years.Father of Enosh, and had other sons and daughters.
Enosh lived 905 years. Father of Kenan, had other sons and daughters.
Kenan lived 910 years. Father of Mahalalel, had other sons and daughters.
Mahalalel lived 895 years .Father of Jared and had other sons and daughters.
Jared lived 962 years. Father of Enoch, and had other sons and daughters.
Enoch lived 365 years. Father of Methuselah. Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. ( Kahn and Abel)
Methuselah lived 969 years. Father of Lamech, and had other sons and daughters.
Lamech lived 777 years Father of Noah, and had other sons and daughters.
Noah was the last of the 900 plus ones. Father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
600 years old when the big Flood came.
Many of Noah’s offspring lived for hundreds of years, but there life spans decreased steadily.
Moses only lived 120 years, just a few generations later.
Genesis’s last remarks on the human life span, My spirit shall not abide in man forever”. According to the scripture added, “For he is flesh”.
Good and bad, easy to manipulate and deceive, weak.
The distance between humankind and the creator growing; mankind losing the privilege of long life.
C.Edward Burtis.
An author who delved in the subject of fabulous life spans as recorded in the Bible. Many scientists have trouble with it because none of these ages are feasible now despite the development of science and knowledge.
Edward Burtis did start as a sepsis and did regard these ages as ridiculous. At the end he was not sure. The disparity between Methuselah’s 969 years and Moses 120 years rule out that a different scale for reckoning time was used because not difference in recording of Time could be found.
He suggest that there have been other factors that over time had an effect on the aging and decrease in longevity which include the introduction of farming/city, lack of important trace elements and minerals, change in diets.
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