Weekly Bible Study The Exodus Story Part I

Genesis 50:22-26

This week we explore the chronology of the Bible from Creation to the Exodus. We take on the so called problems of the 400 & the 430 years, biblical inerrancy, translations, scribal errors & biblical corruptions, and what the bible student’s attitude should be when approaching what appears to be an error in the Bible.

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Table 1: Dates of biblical events from Creation
Event/Person	Passage	Total Time from Creation (years)
God created everything.	Genesis 1–2	0
Adam became the father of Seth at 130.	Genesis 5:3	0 + 130 = 130
Seth became the father of Enosh at 105.	Genesis 5:6	130 + 105 = 235
Enosh became the father of Kenan at 90.	Genesis 5:9	235 + 90 = 325
Cainan became the father of Mahalalel at 70.	Genesis 5:12	325 + 70 = 395
Mahalalel became the father of Jared at 65.	Genesis 5:15	395 + 65 = 460
Jared became the father of Enoch at 162.	Genesis 5:18	460 + 162 = 622
Enoch became the father of Methuselah at 65.	Genesis 5:21	622 + 65 = 687
Methuselah became the father of Lamech at 187.	Genesis 5:25	687 + 187 = 874
Lamech became the father of Noah at 182.	Genesis 5:28	874 + 182 = 1056 – Adam Dies just 1 generation before Noah is born (132 years)
The Flood started when Noah was 600.	Genesis 7:6	1056 + 600 = 1656 + up to between 9 & 18 years = about 1,666

Table 2: Timeline of Flood Duration1
Timeline (days)	Duration	Month/Day	Description	Bible Reference
0	Initial reference point	600th year of Noah’s life: 2nd month, 17th day of the month	The fountains of the great deep broke apart and the windows of heaven were opened; it began to rain. This happened on the seventeenth day of the second month.	Genesis 7:11
40	40 days and nights	3rd month, 27th day of the month	Rain fell for 40 days, and then water covered the earth’s highest places (at that time) by over ~20 feet (15 cubits)	Genesis 7:11–12, Genesis 7:17–20
150	150 days (including the initial 40 days)	7th month, 17th day of the month	The water rose to its highest level (covering the whole earth) sometime between the 40th and 150th day, and the end of these 150 days was the seventeenth day of the seventh month. The Ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. On the 150th day the water began receding.	Genesis 7:24–8:5
150 + 74 = 224	74 days	10th month, 1st day of the month	The tops of the mountains became visible.	Genesis 8:5
224 + 40 = 264	40 days	11th month, 11th day of the month	After 40 more days, Noah sent out a raven.	Genesis 8:6
264 + 7 = 271	7 days	11th month, 18th day of the month	The dove was sent out seven days after the raven. It had no resting place and returned to Noah.3	Genesis 8:6–12
271 + 7 = 278	7 days	11th month, 25th day of the month	After seven more days, Noah sent out the dove again. It returned again but this time with an olive leaf in its beak.	Genesis 8:10–11
278 + 7 = 285	7 days	12th month, 2nd day of the month	After seven more days, Noah sent out the dove again, and it did not return.	Genesis 8:12
314 then	29 days later	601st year of Noah life: 1st month, 1st day of the month	Noah removed the cover of the Ark on the first day of the first month. The surface of the earth was dried up, and Noah could verify this to the extent of what he could see.	Genesis 8:13
370 (371 if counting the first day and last day as full days)	56 days later	2nd month, 27th day of the month	The earth was dry, and God commanded Noah’s family and the animals to come out of the Ark.	Genesis 8:14–17, Genesis 7:11

Father	Years Old When He Sired	Son	Genesis
Shem	[2 years after the Flood]	Arphaxad	11:10
Arphaxad	35	Salah	11:12
Salah	30	Eber	11:14
Eber	34	Peleg	11:16
Peleg	30	Reu	11:18
Reu	32	Serug	11:20
Serug	30	Nahor	11:22
Nahor	29	Terah	11:24
Terah	130	Abraham	11:32, 12:4
Abraham*	75	Left Haran	12:4
Total: 427 Years

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