Genesis 11,12, age of Abram

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> >MICHAEL MCGILL(2/26)                                                    

 

> >                                     Would somebody, anybody please 

> >comment on the following:

> >

> >Genesis 11:26 Terah was 70 years old when his son Abram was born.

> >

> >Genesis 11:32 Terah was 205 years old when he died (making Abram 135 at 

> >the time).

> >

> >Genesis 12:4 Abram was 75 when he left Haran. This was after Terah died.



> >So was Abram

> >135 at the time of Terah's death or was he 75?

> 

> TILL

> I'll tell you what some problems are in the way that you have presented

this

> contradiction.  First, Genesis 11:26 says that Terah lived 70 years and

> begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran, so unless you know that these three were

> triplets, you can't successfully argue that Terah was 70 when Abram was

> born.  Although Abram is listed first, It would be possible that he was

not

> the first of Terah sons. An inerrantist could argue that Terah was 70

when

> his first son was born and that this was, say, Haran; then some time

later,

> Nahor was born, and at still a later date, Abram was born.  The fact that

> Abram was listed first would not necessarily mean that he was the eldest

> son, because sons weren't always listed in the order of their birth.  We

can

> see this in the case of Noah's sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.  They are

> consistently listed in this order (Gen. 5:32; 6:10; 8:18), yet Genesis

9:24

> identifies Ham as the "youngest son" of Noah.  So an inerrantist could

argue

> that just because Abram was listed first in Genesis 11:26 cannot be seen

as

> proof that he was actually the firstborn son of Terah.  You should be

aware

> that this is how that an informed inerrantist will reply to this

> "contradiction."

> 

IAN
I am not sure if I agree with you here Till. My KJV states (Ge. 9:24): And
Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his YOUNGER son had done unto him.

Please note, that is 'younger', not 'youngest.' Therefore, I think it could
be either of the two younger sons.

Of course, my RSV uses youngest as does the New World Translation but The
Book uses younger so I don't know where we stand on this. 

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