The Science in the Bible

Entry 9 · Section 1: Measure

Genealogical Time

Genesis links patriarchs by naming fathers, sons, ages at fatherhood, and years lived afterward.

Scripture: Gen 5; Gen 11:10–26

DemographyMathematics

Stated lifespan at each link of the continuous working chronology, in list order. The chart supplies no absolute calendar date.
Stated lifespan at each link of the continuous working chronology, in list order. The chart supplies no absolute calendar date.

The question

What elapsed spans follow when the NIV/Masoretic genealogy is used as a continuous working chronology?

Why it matters

The post-Flood lifespan decline is textual; the author's canopy-and-radiation explanation remains a labeled hypothesis rather than a demonstrated cause.

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