CREATIONISTS FILE: BILL MORGAN'S ARTICLES

ARE THERE GAPS IN THE GENEALOGIES IN DETERMINING WHEN ADAM LIVED?

I am sure that most of us have gone through that rainy-day Bible exercise of starting with Adam and tracing through the begats of Genesis to figure out when what happened. I am equally sure that the vast majority of those who have tried it had not gotten any further than Abraham; I know that that is as far as I had gotten.

Well, Bill Morgan got a lot further than we did. In the November 1996 newsletter of the Creation Science Association of Orange County, Bill presented a fairly complete chronological reckoning which goes from Adam to an independent historical event. I hereby present that article below.

By the way, Bill figures the earth to be 424 years older than the Jewish Calendar does, 1996 November 01 having been the 19th of Cheshvan (the third month) of 5757.

For many years I heard there were too many gaps to determine when Adam existed. Since I heard this so often, I said it myself. Recently I was given a study that clearly shows when Adam existed. So gather your family together, get out your Bible, your calculator, look up these verses and decide for yourself.

If there are any errors in this, or if you have any comments, please call me (Bill Morgan) at 714 898-8331.

{Note: A.C. stands for "after Creation," measured in years.}

Verse	Father	Son	Father's Age at Birth of Son	A.C.
Gen 5:3	Adam	Seth	130	130
Gen 5:6	Seth	Enos	105	235
Gen 5:9	Enos	Kenan	90	325
Gen 5:12	Kenan	Mahalalel	70	395
Gen 5:15	Mahalalel	Jared	65	460
Gen 5:18	Jared	Enoch	162	622
Gen 5:21	Enoch	Methusaleh	65	687
Gen 5:25	Methusaleh	Lamech	187	874
Gen 5:30	Lamech	Noah	182	1056
Gen 5:32	Noah	Shem	500	1556

Genesis 7:6 states Noah was 600 when the flood came upon the earth. If Noah was 600, then Shem was 100 at the time of the flood. When Shem was 100, we have an A.C. date of 1656 (1556 + 100).

Now go to Genesis 11:10, Shem was father to Arpachshad two years after the flood. Thus Arpachshad was born on an A.C. date of 1658 (1656 + 2).

Verse	Father	Son	Father's Age at Birth of Son	A.C.
Gen 11:12	Arpachshad	Shelah	35	1693
Gen 11:14	Shelah	Eber	30	1723
Gen 11:16	Eber	Peleg	34	1757
Gen 11:18	Peleg	Reu	30	1787
Gen 11:20	Reu	Serug	32	1819
Gen 11:22	Serug	Naher	30	1849
Gen 11:24	Naher	Terah	29	1878
Gen 11:26	Terah	Abraham	70	1948
Gen 21:5	Abraham	Isaac	100	2048
Gen 25:26	Isaac	Jacob	60	2108

Now we are to Jacob. Genesis 29:28-30 and Genesis 30:22-24 show Jacob was the father of Joseph.

In Genesis 47:7-9 Jacob stands before Pharaoh and states he is 130 years old. This places us at an A.C. date of 2238. Genesis 47:11 states this is the time Joseph, his father and brothers settled in Egypt.

Exodus 12:40 tells us the sons of Israel spent 430 years in Egypt. This gives an A.C. date of 2668 (2238 + 430 = 2668).

1 Kings 6:1 tells us Solomon's reign began 476 years after the sons of Israel left Egypt (480 - 4). This gives us an A.C. date of 3144 (2668 + 476).

Verse	King	Years of king's reign	A.C.	Next King
2 Chron 9:30	Solomon	40	3184	Rehoboam
2 Chron 12:13	Rehoboam	17	3201	Abijah
2 Chron 13:2	Abijah	3	3204	Asa
2 Chron 16:13	Asa	41	3245	Jehosophat
2 Chron 20:31	Jehosophat	25	3270	Jehoram
2 Chron 21:5	Jehoram	8	3278	Ahaziah
2 Chron 22:2	Ahaziah	1	3279	Athaliah
2 Chron 22:12	Athaliah	6	3285	Joash
2 Chron 24:1	Joash	40	3325	Amaziah
2 Chron 25:1	Amaziah	29	3354	Uzziah
2 Chron 26:3	Uzziah	52	3406	Jotham
2 Chron 27:1	Jotham	16	3422	Ahaz
2 Chron 28:1	Ahaz	16	3438	Hezekiah
2 Chron 29:1	Hezekiah	29	3467	Manasseh
2 Chron 33:1	Manasseh	55	3522	Amon
2 Chron 33:21	Amon	2	3524	Josiah
2 Chron 34:1	Josiah	31	3555	Jehoiakim
2 Chron 36:5	Jehoiakim	11	3566	Jehoiachin
2 Chron 36:9	Jehoiachin	3 mon	3566	Zebediah
2 Chron 36:11	Zebediah	11	3577

Zedekiah's reign ended in 3577 AC when the people of Jerusalem were taken into Babylonian captivity. 2 Chronicles 36:21 states their captivity lasted 70 years. This gives a date of 3647. Cyrus, the Persian, set the people free (2 Chronicles 36:23). History dates this event at 538 BC. Our AC date at the turn of the century is 4185 (538 + 3647).

This is 1996, so 1996 + 4185 = 6181. There may be error in rounding off the years, and whether the 538 BC and 1996 AD dates are precise, but the Bible does present a direct path to the time of Adam and Eve. If someone says there are too many gaps in the genealogies to get close to the time of Adam, they are either unaware of this information or they are lying.

Since I feel the Bible clearly teaches Adam was created during 6 literal days of the creation of the Universe, this places the age of the Universe at about 6181 years. That is another study which I will gladly mail to you.

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First uploaded on 2000 July 05.
Updated on 2000 July 19