Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Tory Thorpe <torythrp AT yahoo.com>]

Not to defend the theory of a book authored by Terah, but I was curious how 
this would turn out using the figures from the LXX, which presumably reflects 
a different Hebrew text-type than the MT.

1642  Noah was born and lived 950 years
2144  Shem was born (Noah was 502 and lived another 448 years)
2242  The Flood
2244  Arphaxad was born (Shem was 100 and lived another 500 years)
2379  Cainan was born (Arphaxad was 135 and lived another 430 years)
2509  Shelah was born (Cainan was 130 and lived another 330 years)
2592  Death of Noah
2639  Eber was born (Shelah was 130 and lived another 330 years)
2744  Death of Shem
2773  Peleg was born (Eber was 134 and lived another 370 years)
2809  Death of Arphaxad
2839  Death of Cainan
2903  Reu was born (Peleg was 130 and lived another 209 years)
2896  Death of Shelah
3035  Serug was born (Reu was 132 and lived another 207 years)
3112  Death of Peleg
3143  Death of Eber
3165  Nahor was born (Serug was 130 and lived another 200 years)
3242  Death of Reu
3244  Terah was born (Nahor was 79 and lived another 129 years)
3365  Death of Serug
3373  Death of Nahor
3449  Death of Terah at 205

At least in this tradition Terah does not predecease any of his ancestors. 
Its actually a bit more believable, credible, than the outcome of the figures 
preserved in the MT.

Tory Thorpe