Biblical Hebrew Forum

[James Read <J.Read-2 AT sms.ed.ac.uk>]

He won't answer this. He'll just sidestep it in some way.

James Christian



Quoting Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>:

> Incidentally, Karl, how do you explain the following:
> Gen 11:17 Eber lived 430 years after giving birth to Peleg
>
> Gen 11:18 Peleg gave birth to Reu at 30 years of age
> Gen 11:20 Reu gave birth to Serug at 32 years of age
> Gen 11:22 Serug gave birth to Nahor at 30 years of age
> Gen 11:24 Nahor gave birth to Terah at 29 years of age
> Gen 11:32 Terah lived to be 205 years before he died.
>
> So, Terah died 205 + 29 + 30 + 32 + 30 years after Peleg
> was born.  That comes out to 326 years.
> But Eber lived 430 years more after Peleg was born.
>
> Terah died 360 years after Eber was born.
> But Shelah lived 403 years more after Eber was born.
>
> Terah died 390 years after Shelah was born.
> But Arpachshad lived 403 years more after Shelah was born.
>
> Terah died 425 years after Arpachshad was born.
> But Shem lived 500 years more after Arpachshad was born.
>
> So when Terah died, Eber, Shelah, Arpachshad, and Shem
> were all supposedly still alive.
>
> How would Terah know their ages at their death to write
> about them in his hypothetical book when he died while
> they were still alive?
>
> Yitzhak Sapir
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