Genesis 11,12, age of Abram

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]

At 09:37 AM 2/27/98 -0600, Ian & Pam Dorion wrote:


>> 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. 

>


TILL
The JBS (Jewish Bible Society) translation uses "youngest."  I have 27
translations in my personal library, and in spot checking about a dozen of
them, I found none but the KJV and NKJV that used "younger."  

Farrell Till
Skepticism, Inc.
jftill@midwest.net

• Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]