Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Revdpickrel AT wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 7/17/2006 3:36:29 PM Central Daylight Time, 
kwrandolph AT gmail.com writes:


> I am looking at 4:26, which indicates that people started calling on
> the name of the Lord after the birth of Enosh, son of Seth. That's
> where I get my 235 years. The verse does not say the name was
> previously unknown, nor why people started calling on YHWH. The text
> probably gives more questions than answers.
> 
> Similarly, the text does not tell how many people were living at that
> time, nor how old Qain and Abel were at the time of the murder, nor
> answer a bunch of other questions that we have. Abel could have been
> well over 100 years old when murdered, the text does not say.
> 
> Karl W. Randolph.

Karl,

I know the Scripture doesn't tell us how many people there were.  I explained 
how I arrived at the number: by modern standards the population doubles every 
ten years, so by using this stardard method, 235 years the population would 
have been approx. 8,388.608 people living on the earth.  I only offer these 
numbers for a point of interest, and not to prove any point or make an 
argument.  
I think these numbers are a fairly safe assumptions and they have proven 
themselves over the years.  I am sorry, Karl, I don't even recall what we 
were 
discussing.

I started a project in 1958 to build a chronology of the OT.  I have worked 
on this project off and on ever since and finding somethings here and there 
peaks my interest. 

Adam wasn't well over a 100 years when he fathered Kain, he was only 130 when 
he fathered Seth.  You can make educated guesses as to their age from these 
scriptures and be within a hundred years, that's acceptable.  Another 
standard 
of measurement is a generation: 30 to 70 years = a biblical generation; 40 to 
100 years = a modern generation.  Notice Seth is the fourth generation of 
Adam 
born when Adam was 130 years old.

Doug
Rev. Doug Pickrel, Litt.D.
Tejas Valley
San Antonio, Texas