ASTOUNDING Patterns Hidden in Genesis Patriarch Lineage
Astounding
Patterns
Hidden in
Genesis
Patriarch
Lineage
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Computer charts of ages and genealogy
expose
secret patterns which oral tradition couldn't possibly have
known
Several years ago after a lifetime of
procrastination, I undertook the task of reading the
Bible
as a
book,
start to finish. As anyone who has ever begun in Genesis has noticed, there
are so many
"begats"
in the lineage of the patriarchs that your eyes begin to cross.
"Adam begat so and so at age X, so and so begat so and
so at age Y, and then so and so begat . . .yada yada yada." Many just
skip right over the patriarch begats, assuming that particular information
was probably relevant for somebody, once upon time, but notnow! However, the very assumption that God would put
so much un-ending useless information in His Word, obsolete fluff, if you
will - gave me pause. Perhaps, I wondered, if I just took a magnifying glass
to this seemingly pointless run-on sentence, I might uncover
MEANING.
So I graphed all the numbers; each patriarch's birth year, his age when
his heir was born, and his age at death in various charts to compare and
analyze different possible correlations, including a time line covering 3000
years, from zero (Adam) to Moses, punctuated by THE FLOOD, EGYPTIAN CAPTIVITY,
and EXODUS. The divisions into four eras I named: 1. Pre-Flood, 2.
Post Flood, 3. Egyptian Captivity, 4. From Wilderness/Promised Land to today)
The following sections are my analysis of the
fascinating
and incredible patterns of human life that emerge.
Please note: my analysis is
without the benefit of any commentaries or books on the subject. I haven't
heard of any similar writings on patterns in the begats. Part of
my intent in publishing this to my web site is to invite anyone who knows
of any further resources or previous studies on this topic to enlighten
me.
