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NASB | Matthew 1:17 ¶ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 1:17 ¶ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen; from David to the Babylonian deportation (exile), fourteen generations; and from the Babylonian deportation to the Messiah, fourteen generations. |
Bible Question:
Hi Doc - thank you for the warm welcome and the response. I agree with you wholeheartedly about the 14 generations in Matthew, covering the period of Abraham to Jesus. My area of research pertains to a subset of that list of 14, specifically the 6 names that occupy the 480 year period between the coming out of Israel from Egypt and the building of King Solomon's temple (see 1 KIngs 6:1). The 6 names seem too few to occupy 480 years, and would require each man to be at least 80 years old when the next generation was born, and would further imply that Salmon and Rahab were infants at the time of the Conquest of Jericho in order to stretch the 6 generations out that long. I know the explanation is in God's word and I'm just not aware of it yet. I'm looking for scriptures that can clear up my knowledge gap. I'm writing a booklet to help my children understand the period of the Conquest and the Judges, and want to have my Bible facts accurate. Blessings, T |
Bible Answer: Zor I found one thing that might interest you. Moses lived 120 years. It says in Genesis 6:3 that God would shorten the days of men to 120 days. It says in Psalm 90:10 that our days are as 80 years if due to strength. If we were to consider that perhpaps they all lived to about 120 it works better. 480 years divided by 6 is 80 (6? I thought you said 5 the first time), 480 divided by 5 is 96. If these men had children by the time they were 80, and remember they seem to have children late in life in many Bible stories. So if each man had children at about 80 and then lived another 40 years or so it works out just fine. Even if they had children at about 96 and then lived for anoter 24 years, it still works out. Even if you only count the exact number before David in Mathew 1 as four it still works out beause it gives each man 120 years to live as the minimum, although it is possible some of them lived to 140 or so. Remember Jesse is still alive when David is born for a while, so he could have David by 80 and still been around before dying at around 120. What we can be certain of is that Doc is right about the records being kept in the temple of everyone's genealogy. So we have to take it as historical fact and try to do a little math. Just a worthless son. blessings abound, bowler |