Wherefore Art the Begats? Why Do the Genealogies Exist? srsly? i cn't vn spll gnlgy LOL Presuppositions (the Rules)
1. The Bible is the inspired Word of God and is without error in The best the original manuscripts. commentary on the Bible is 2. Every “jot and tittle” has a the Bible. purpose. - Dr. Ken Hutcherson 3. Exegete, don’t eisegete. Major genealogies in the Bible
1. Luke 3 2. Matthew 1 3. 1 Chronicles 1 - 9 4. Genesis 10 5. Genesis 5 & 11 Luke 3:23ff
“When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty the son of “B,” years of age, being, as was the son of “C,” supposed, the son of Joseph, the the son of “D,” the son of “E,”... son of Eli...the son of Adam, the son of God.”
Jesus is the perfect man Matthew 1:1–16
“The record of the genealogy of Jesus, the Messiah...Abraham was “A” was the father of the father of Isaac, Isaac the father “B,” “B” the father of of Jacob...Jacob was the father of “C,” and “D” the father Joseph the husband of Mary, by of “E.” whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah”
Jesus is the Messiah King 1 Chronicles 1 – 9
“Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,”... Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, The sons of “A” Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, were “B,” “C,” and Ham, Japheth. The sons of Japheth “D.” were...Cush became the father “A” became the of...” father of “B,”...
The genealogy of all mankind Genesis 10
“The sons of Japheth were Gomer The sons of “A” were and Magog and Madai and Javan “B,” “C,” and “D.” and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras...Now Cush became the “A” became the father of...” father of “B,”...
“Table of nations” Genesis 5:3ff
“A” lived X years, and begat “B.”
“A” lived after he begat “B” Y years, and begat sons and daughters
And all the days of “A” were (X + Y) years: and he died. Genesis 11:10ff
“A” lived X years, and begat “B.”
“A” lived after he begat “B” Y years, and begat sons and daughters
And all the days of “A” were (X + Y) years: and he died.
Little things make a big difference
Genesis 5 and Genesis 11 are the Rule #2: only genealogies in the entire Bible Every “jot and that mention the ages of each tittle” has a patriarch when his son was born purpose
This is not an accident. Genesis 5
Adam 130 Jared 162 Seth 105 Enoch 65 Enosh 90 Methuselah 187 Kenan 70 Lamech 182 Mahalel 65 Noah 500
Total: 1,556 years Genesis 11
Shem 100 Reu 32 Arpachshad 35 Serug 30 Shelah 30 Nahor 29 Eber 34 Terah 70 Peleg 30 Abram –
Total: 390 years How long has man been on the earth?
Adam Seth Abram Jesus Us
1,556 390 2,000 2,000
About 6,000 years “You can’t do that…”
“Father” and Jesus, “son of” David (Luke 18:38) “son” can mean Abraham, “father of” Jacob (Gen 28:13) ancestor and Laban, “son of” Nahor (Gen 29:5) descendant
“Can mean” ≠ “Always means” “You can’t do that…”
“...because biblical genealogies are routinely telescoped—they purposely omit names. Therefore, genealogies cannot be used as chronologies.” “There are gaps…”
1 Chronicles 3:11, 12 Matthew 1:8 Jehoram Jehoram Ahaziah Joash Amaziah Azariah (Uzziah) Uzziah “There are huge gaps…”
1 Chronicles 6:9-11 Ezra 7:3, 4 Zerahiah Zerahiah Meraioth Meraioth Amariah Ahitub Zadok “There are huge gaps…”
1 Chronicles 6:9-11 Ezra 7:3, 4 Ahimaaz Azariah Johanan Azariah Azariah Amariah Amariah How Do We Know When There’s a Gap?
“The only way we can read between the lines in one Rule #3: verse is if we can see it on Exegete, don’t the line in another verse.” eisegete
- Dr. Ken Hutcherson Gaps in Genesis 5?
Adam Enosh Mahalel Enoch Lamech
Seth Kenan Jared Methuselah Noah Gen. 4:25 ? Gen. 4:26 Gen. 5:29
Jude 14 Enoch
Name means “dedicated”
Is a prophet
חנוך One of two men who never died
Coming back with Elijah Methuselah
Son of Enoch
Name means “When he is dead, it מתושלח (shall be sent” (disputed Lived longer than anyone in recorded history A closer look at Enoch, Methuselah, and Lamech
65 365 FLOOD Enoch 187 969 Methuselah 182 777 Lamech 600 Noah Verdict on Genesis 5
Chronology NO GAPS Genealogy
Rule #3: Exegete, don’t eisegete Gaps in Genesis 11?
Shem Shelah Peleg Serug Terah
Arpachshad Eber Reu Nahor Abram
Genesis 10
1 Chronicles 1:24-27
Luke 3:34-36 LukeLuke 3:363:36 The Problem of Luke 3:36
Luke 3:35, 36 1 Chron. 1:17,18 Gen. 11:10-17
Shem Shem Shem Arphaxad Arphaxad Arphaxad Cainan Shelah Shelah Shelah Heber Heber Heber Common Explanations for Luke 3:36
Shem 1. Shelah and Cainan are brothers Rule #3: Exegete, don’t eisegete Arphaxad Cainan 2. Copyist mistake: Cainan was a Shelah later addition to the text Heber Dr. Geisler Disagrees
“The attempt to explain away Luke 3:36 as no gap seems highly implausible. There is no real manuscript authority for omitting Cainan from Luke 3:36. That sequence is in all major, and virtually all minor, manuscripts.”
-- Norman Geisler, Baker Encyclopedia of Apologetics, (Grand Rapids: Baker Books), 268. Where’s Cainan?
Not in the Samaritan Pentateuch Not in Josephus Not in Julius Africanus
Not in Theophilus of Antioch Where’s Cainan?
Not in Targum Onkelos Not in Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Not in P75 (Luke 3:36) Not in Vaticanus (1 Chr. 1:17-23) Where’s Cainan?
Not in Codex Bezae (Luke 3:36) Not in the Vulgate Not in the Hebrew Masoretic Text Not in any manuscript before the 4th century AD No, Really...Where’s Cainan?
He is in most accounts in the LXX He is in Codex Vaticanus He is in Codex Alexandrinus He is in Augustine’s City of God He is in manuscripts after the 4th century AD
What if there were missing generations? Genealogical Gap ≠ Chronological Gap Verdict on Genesis 11
Chronology NO GAPS Genealogy
Rule #3: Exegete, don’t eisegete In sum
There are no demonstrable gaps in Genesis 5
Evidence of a gap in Genesis 11 is tenuous at best
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