Wherefore Art the Begats? Why Do the Genealogies Exist? srsly? i cn't vn spll gnlgy LOL Presuppositions (the Rules)

1. The 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

1. 2. 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 , the the son of “D,” the son of “E,”... son of ...the son of , the son of God.”

Jesus is the perfect man Matthew 1:1–16

“The record of the , the Messiah... was “A” was the father of the father of , Isaac the father “B,” “B” the father of of ...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, , Enosh, , “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,”... , , , The sons of “A” , , , , were “B,” “C,” and , . The sons of Japheth “D.” were... became the father “A” became the of...” father of “B,”...

The genealogy of all mankind Genesis 10

“The sons of Japheth were The sons of “A” were and and and “B,” “C,” and “D.” and and and ...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 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 32 35 30 30 Nahor 29 34 70 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” (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 (Uzziah) Uzziah “There are huge gaps…”

1 Chronicles 6:9-11 Ezra 7:3, 4 Zerahiah Zerahiah Meraioth Meraioth Amariah Ahitub “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

חנוך One of two men who never died

Coming back with 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 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 Not in Josephus Not in Julius Africanus

Not in Theophilus of Where’s Cainan?

Not in 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 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 He is in 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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