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NASB | Genesis 11:10 ¶ These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 11:10 ¶ These are the records of the generations of Shem [from whom Abraham descended]. Shem was a hundred years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood. |
Subject: Did Shem exit the Ark at 98, outlv Abrm? |
Bible Note: Pastor Glenn I'm neither a supporter nor a detractor of the second Cainan. I just know there is no definitive answer. I used the Cainan example as a possible reason why the Reese Chronological Bible arrived at different dates than you and New Creature. Be assured I don’t even know if Reese ever considered the Cainan issue. I further cautioned against discounting as error, the fact the Cainan is not mentioned in Genesis and is in Luke. If you look at the 12 tribes, Dan for instance is mentioned and omitted many times. I don’t know the answer to why Cainan is not in the Genesis account but is in Luke, it could well be an error but until we can say that conclusively I think it better to say we don’t know. There are some theologians that track this back to Ham’s sin and the curse on Canaan. That Cainan was really of Ham’s lineage but raised by Shem’s family and thus the curse of Canaan’s lineage was broken. They felt it was included in Luke’s account to set a tone of redemption. Or it could be as explained in one of the two web sites we mention either the one you referenced or the one I referenced. Let us not lose sight of a very important fact of this discussion that is the account of the Fall and the Garden of Eden was probably passed through Abraham’s generation but second or third hand knowledge of people that had talked to Adam. This is important since we see accurate secular history preserved from this time period thus giving us still another assurance of the accuracy of the Biblical account. EdB |