According to old testament bible: "Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years." (Exodus 12:40) 430 Years, right? But when we see the family tree. "And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari." (Genesis 46:11) "And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar...bla bla bla" (Exodus 6:18) "And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years." (Exodus 6:20) So, from Levi to Moses can be simply written as: Levi > Jochebed(Kohath's sister, Moses's mother) > Moses It is possible to say that near the time of Levi, the Israeli lived in Egypt. So 430 - 80 = 350 years. So the question: Is it possible to make 3 generations in between 350 years?? Contradition? Sorry, English is not my first language. Hope all of you can understand my question. I am a christian too and just a bit doubt of it. Pls help ^^ ya, I agree that the life was a bit longer in the past, but .. "and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years" (Exodus 6:16) So the years of the life of Jochebed(Kohath's sister, Moses's mother) must be larger than (350 - 137) = 213 year old ? Any better explanation? is it possible to miss out something in the family tree ??
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Yes, but it also depends on how one defines, "generation".....
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in the early days, human lives were slightly longer. just some examples. Genesis 5:5 - Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died. Genesis 11:17 - And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters. Job 42:16 - After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. know that the Old Testament is more of a detailed introduction about the beginning and how the people had failed short of God's glory and rules, which is why God sent Jesus for us, that we might be forgiven of our sins. that said, it is not possible that you look at some rules in it and conclude that is what christians are supposed to be like. for example, we no longer make animal sacrifices, not because its not needed, but because Jesus came to redeem us.
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ISRAELITES 215 YEARS IN RAMESES EGYPT 430 YEARS AFTER COVENANT Egypt was world Empire #1 and over the whole area, Abraham at age 75 Gen.12:4,10; 427 years after the flood, went down into Egypt because of a famine in Canaan, Abraham age 75 gets the Promised Land covenant [ or the land will be taken from the land pirates and given to the family of Abraham in generation four Gen.15:13,16; was age 100 when Isaac was born Gen.21:5; Isaac was age 75 when Abraham died 527 year after the flood. Jacob was age 15, when Abraham died, Isaac died 105 years later at age 180 Gen.35:28,29; 632 years after the flood, Jacob was age 120. Gen.47:9,11,28; Jacob is age 130 at 642 years after the flood, is placed in Rameses Egypt, of the 70 family members, Joseph lives elsewhere, so after 215 years in Canaan, they are in Rameses Egypt. At generation four Exo.6:16-23,26; Moses and Aaron Exo.7:7; Ready for Exodus Exo.12:40,41; 430 years after the Promised Land covenant or as the Apostle Paul said 430 years to the law Gal.3:16-18. So after 215 years in Rameses there ate 603,550 heirs in Exodus to Promised Land. Abraham 352 to 527 years after the flood. Isaac 452 to 632 years after the flood. Jacob 512 to 659 years after the flood. 0730 ago at flood, 000, Levi died year 2386 age 0137, 1680 BCE 0777 ago at flood, 000, Job died year 2433 age 0140, 1633 BCE 0782 ago at flood, 000, Kohath die year 2438 age 0133, 1628 BCE 0852 ago at flood, 000, Amram died year 2508 age 0137, 1558 BCE 0897 ago at flood, 430, Aaron died year 2553 age 0123, 1513 BCE 0897 ago at flood, 040, Moses died year 2553 age 0120, 1513 BCE 1198 ago at flood, 000, Jair death year 2854 at 0301, 1212 BCE 1327 ago at flood, 000, Samuel die year 2983 age 0100, 1083 BCE 1373 ago at flood, 000, David died year 3029 age 0070, 1037 BCE 1413 ago at flood, 480, Solomon at year 3069 age 0069, 0997 BCE
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