Thursday, 1 March 2012

The Age of the Earth

How old is the earth? We shall soon see… (taken from Genesis 5, 9, 11, and Matthew 1)

Man's Name — Man's Age When His First Son Was Born 
Adam — 130
Seth — 105
Enos — 90
Cainan — 70 
Mahalaleel — 65 
Jared — 160 
Enoch — 65 
Methuselah — 187 
Lamech — 182 
Noah — 500 
Shem — 100 
Arphaxad — 35 
Salah — 30 
Eber[*] — 34
Peleg — 30
Reu — 32
Serug — 30
Nahor — 29
Terah — 70
Abraham — 100

Okay, so we add all those numbers together and get... 2044
Next, we we take the 14 generations plus 14 generations plus 14 generations (all together adding up to 42 generations), add them up, and get... 2160
Then, we add the current year to it... 2012
And we end up with... 6216
Alright, that is an approximate guess, but pretty close!

I did get help from Google a little — http://raptureready.com/faq/faq244.html
[*]The Hebrew name came from this man's name

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