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Year of Adam Birth (~Death)
1056 Noah
1558 Shem
1656 ~~~~~~~~~~98~Flood~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1658 100 Arphaxad
1693 35 Salah
1723 30 Eber
1757 34 Peleg
1787 30 Reu
1819 32 Serug
1849 30 Nahor
1878 29 Terah
1948 70 Abram
1996 239 ~Peleg
1997 148 ~Nahor
2006 950 ~Noah
2008 130 Abram2
2023 75 -Abram
2048 100 Isaac
2026 239 ~Reu
2049 230 ~Serug
2083 205 ~Terah
2083 75 -Abram2
2096 438 ~Arphaxad
2108 60 Jacob
2108 100 Isaac2
2123 175 ~Abram
2126 433 ~Salah
2158 600 ~Shem
2168 60 Jacob2
2183 175 ~Abram2
2187 464 ~Eber
2215 47 Reuben
2228 60 Benjamin
2228 180 ~Isaac
2255 147 ~Jacob
2288 180 ~Isaac2
2315 147 ~Jacob2
Compare this genealogy with Luke 3:36 and 1 Chronicles 1:18. Was
Cainan ben Arphaxad a mistake on Lukes part? As always, there
are two theories. The mainstream theory is that it was
a transcription error
which does not appear in earlier copies.
The "King James Only" theory is that it was
an adoptive son of Arphaxad that raised Salah. As always,
I note that both may be true! God has a reason for allowing
transcription errors - perhaps there really was an adopted Cainan,
and the Luke genealogy is about adoption!