These [are] the generations of Shem: Shem [was] an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:. And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. But genealogies do not simply list names for the sake of providing an historical record. Genealogies organize narratives.
For example, at Genesis , immediately after recounting the many adventures of Jacob The son of Isaac and Rebekah, renamed Israel, became the father of the twelve tribal families One genealogy in Genesis traces the nations descended from Noah. More follows, and then the narrative moves back to the line of Jacob and the Joseph story. While the inclusion of genealogies among family stories might be expected, more surprising is the use of the same genealogical formula between the two accounts of creation Creation, in biblical terms, is the universe as we know or perceive it.
Genesis says that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. In the book of Revelation which speaks of end times the author declares that God created all things and Genealogies make claims about social roles.
The idea of monarchic succession is familiar: kings and queens must be able to prove their bloodline to demonstrate a rightful claim to the throne. Yet genealogies can also prescribe or justify other positions, especially in a society organized by kinship. The nine chapters of genealogical material that open the book of 1 Chronicles give particular attention to jobs assigned to Levitical families: for example, musicians are appointed from each of the families of Korah, Gershom, and Merari for service in the sanctuary A sanctuary is the consecrated area around the altar of a church or temple.
It also means a place of safety where one can flee for protection. In the Old Testament, especially in the Psalms, God is referred to as a sanctuary, a refuge from More 1 Chronicles Genealogies establish boundaries between insiders and outsiders. The destruction of the Jerusalem temple The Jerusalem temple, unlike the tabernacle, was a permanent structure, although like the tabernacle it was a place of worship and religious activity.
On one occasion Jesus felt such activity was unacceptable and, as reported in all four Gospels, drove from the temple those engaged First, it is important to remember that Jesus was Jewish and Abraham is the father of the Jews.
Directly connected to this truth is a promise God gave to Abraham. In Greek, Christ was the word for the Hebrew word Messiah. The blessing that would come from Abraham was Jesus, and Jesus would be a blessing to all families by providing a way for reconciliation between humanity and God through his birth, life, death, and resurrection. I would consider that to be an incredible blessing to all the families of the earth!
Rather than beginning with Abraham, Luke works backwards from Jesus all the way to Adam, the first human being. Here, Luke is doing several things. Try downloading another browser like Chrome or Firefox.
Your gift is doubled! Partner with us to reach more people for Christ. If you already have an account, Sign in. M ost of us love to read portions of Scripture that give accounts of victories, miracles, and such. What we enjoy far less are the Scriptures that outline where a certain person begat a son or daughter, who in turn begat a son, thus beginning a long list of begats. Genesis 5 and 11 contain two such genealogies, which some people think can be read to help them get to sleep.
It may be hard to believe, but Genesis 5 and 11 are actually two of the more controversial chapters in the Bible , even in Christian circles. If such an unbroken line exists, then we should be able to calculate dates concerning the creation of man and the universe. To fit the idea of billions of years into Scripture, many Christian leaders, since the early nineteenth century, have re-interpreted the days of creation to mean long ages.
Biblical creationist literature has meticulously addressed this topic many times, showing clearly that the word day , as used in Genesis 1 for each of the six days of creation, means an ordinary, approximately hour day.
Many Christian leaders also claim there are gaps in the Genesis genealogies. One of their arguments is that the word begat , as used in the timeline from the first man Adam to Abraham in Genesis 5 and 11, can skip generations. If this argument were true, the date for creation using the biblical timeline of history cannot be worked out.
In a recent debate, 2 a well-known progressive creationist 3 stated that he believed a person could date Adam back , years from the present. Now, if we estimate that 40 years equals one generation, which is fairly generous, 4 this means that 2, generations are missing from these genealogies. But this makes the genealogies ridiculously meaningless. Those who claim that there are gaps in these genealogies need to demonstrate this from the biblical text and not simply say that gaps exist.
However, consider the following:. Nowhere in the Old Testament is the Hebrew word for begat yalad used in any other way than to mean a single-generation e.
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