genealogy

I recently finished The Genesis Flood by John C. Whitcomb and Henry M. Morris, which was helpful in undoing some of the bias with which I had been educated while studying Genetics. In Appendix II, titled "Genesis 11 and the Date of the Flood," the authors argue that Genesis 11 need not be...

The Genealogy of Shem from Genesis 10:10-26 "Abraham was born 292 years after the flood. This would mean that Noah and Abraham were contemporaries as were Shem and Eber with Jacob. Since Shem’s life span was 600 years, and his son Arphaxad was born at 100 years and Abraham was born 290 years...

Here a question that may generate some debate and one that may reflect our views of genealogies as it compares to the 6000 year age date of the Earth. It is not a question we should divide over, call each other liberals/fundamentalists, or worse heretics. Now for the question: Did Noah live...