Subject: jews,gentiles,ethninticity??? |
Bible Note: There are two primary trains of thought about this. Open genealogies or closed genealogies. The strict and literal that I referred to is the closed genealogies. However, the open says that the genealogies are really outlines, giving us the important figures of the family line which even skip a generation or two between named. Norman Geisler's book, Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics goes into far greater detail about this topic than I can provide. As for the figure of 3 million, its an estimate based upon the figures presented in the book of Numbers as well as in Exodus. Exodus 12 says that the journey started with 600,000 men, aside from children, and obviously not including women. The figures in numbers present a total of 2 - 3 million. The introduction to the Book of Numbers in the NASB study Bible gives 2 million as the population count. I've heard it higher from sources like Josh McDowell on tv and others. quvmoh |