Addenda 1 The following was given to the author by an elderly pastor.
GENESIS Chapter 5 - Generations:
1. Adam was 130 years old when Seth was born.
2. Adam was 235 years old when Enos was born.
3. Adam was 325 years old when Cainan was born.
4. Adam was 395 years old when Mahalaleel was born.
5. Adam was 460 years old when Jared was born.
6. Adam was 622 years old when Enock was born.
7. Adam was 687 years old when Methuselah was born.
8. Adam was 874 years old when Lamech was born.Lamech was 56 years old when Adam died. Methusaleh and Lamech could have received the story of creation direct from Adam. Lamech was the father of Noah. Noah was the tenth generation from Adam. Methusaleh could have given Adam's story of creation to Noah's sons, Ham, Shem and Japeth, who were 100 years old when Methusaleh died.
The Flood was in the 600th year of Noah's life. From the Creation of Adam to the flood was 1656 years. Noah lived 350 years after the Flood. Abram was 56 years old when Noah died. Shem lived 500 years after the Flood. Jacob was 48 years old when Shem died.
The account of Creation and the account of the Flood could have come from Adam to Methusaleh, from Methusaleh to Shem, and from Shem to Jacob. The twelve sons of Israel (Jacob) knew the story well when they dwelt in Egypt. Moses, who wrote the account of Creation and of the Flood, belonged to the third generation in Egypt.
The message could have come from Adam to Methusaleh, then to Shem, then to Jacob, then to Levi and then to Moses. This account could have reached Moses from Adam by word-of- mouth in five generations.
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