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Genesis – TP #2.6 – Genealogy of Noah

Posted on October 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Genesis – TP #2.6 – Genealogy of Noah

We’ve finally made it to the second genealogy of Genesis. But first, there is chapter 10 that tells us about the descendants of the sons of Noah. Chapter nine ends with the death of Noah, having lived nine hundred and fifty years. Life goes on, and the earth is populated through Noah’s sons.

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Genesis – TP #2.1 – Noah’s Family

Posted on October 3, 2021 | Comments Off on Genesis – TP #2.1 – Noah’s Family

Genesis 5:32 “And Noah lived five hundred years, and Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

Genesis 6:10 “Noah fathered three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

The firstborn son gets a lot of attention in the Bible. You would think that a list of someone’s children would be in chronological order. That’s not always the case. People of distinction or importance sometimes move to the top of the list. Such is the case with Noah’s son. Shem gets top billing because it is through his lineage that Abraham is born and ultimately the Messiah.

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Genesis – TP #1.5 – Genealogy of Adam

Posted on September 29, 2021 | Comments Off on Genesis – TP #1.5 – Genealogy of Adam

In the post on Cain and Abel, I shared that Adam was either 130 or 230 years old when Seth was born. The genealogies of Genesis chapter 5 and chapter 11 are where the Hebrew Masoretic Text and the Greek Septuagint disagree. I will get to that in a minute, but first, let’s mention some differences between Adam and Seth that the Scripture points out.

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