Date of Flood - Warning, Long mail.

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To all searchers for the truth,

  I have been trying to calculate the date of the flood, and I think I have,
but I would like my calculations to be open to critical scrutiny.  The date
I get for the flood is 2325 BC.  This is relevant to Biblical inerrancy, I
feel, because, if this date is correct, then it will be difficult to explain
why there is a continual record of occupation in Egypt/Mesopotamia /China
etc. covering this date.  Here are the details.  First I compiled a table of
peoples birth dates/death dates from Genesis.  It is necessary to go beyond
Noah to get a date that is identifiable.  In the back of my diary there is a
time-line which says that Abraham moved into Canaan c. 1900BC  This is the
only date not taken from the Bible proper, but being in an appendix of the
Bible, it must be sanctioned by Them.  Here is the list:

Name	Age when	Age 	Age Died	Age of Universe 
	Firstborn Born	lived After		when born (AU)
Adam	130	800	930	0	
Seth	105	807	912	130	
Enosh	90	815	905	235	
Kenan	70	840	910	325	
Mahalalel	65	830	895	395	
Jared	162	800	962	460	
Enoch	65	365	300	622	
Methusaleh	187	782	969	687	
Lamech	182	595	777	874	
Noah1	500	450	950	1056	
Shem	100	500	600	1556	
Appachshad	35	403	438	1656	
Shelah	30	403	433	1691	
Eber	34	430	464	1721	
Peleg	30	209	239	1755	
Reu	32	207	239	1785	
Serug	30	200	230	1817	
Nahor	29	119	138	1847	
Terah	70	135	2052	1876	
Abraham	1004	75	1753	2006*	
Isaac	605	120	180	2046	
Jacob			1476	2106	
Joseph			1107		

  Numbers in italics are calculated, not taken directly from figures given
in the Bible

Notes

Adam --> Noah - Gen 5:3-28
Shem-->Terah - Gen 11:10-26
1Gen 5:32, 
2 Gen 11:32
3 Gen 25:7
4 Gen 21:5
5 Gen 25:26
6 Gen 47:28
7 Gen 50:26

*Age of Abraham

  This is the main part of my argument, but it is the most shakey.  I am
assuming that Abraham was not the first born of Terah's sons.  If he was,
there are lots of other errors in the dates of Genesis.  I am also assuming
he left Haran directly after Terah died.

Gen 12:4 - Abraham 75 when he left Haran
Acts 7:4 - He left Haran after Terah died
Gen 11:32 - Terah 205 when he died
So, Abraham was 75 when Terah died (if he left straight away). 205 - 75 =
130, so Terah was 130 when Abraham was born.
Terah born in 1876 AU, so 1876 +130 = 2006 AU.

  That is how I reached 2006 AU for his birth date. This means he left Haran
for Canaan in 2006 + 75 = 2081 AU

  Now, using the date in the back of my book (Abraham entered Canaan in c.
1900BC), then 2081 AU =  1900 BC (all the following dates are circa).

  Now that means the age of the universe is 1900 + 2081 = 3981 BC (only 23
years out from Bishop Usshers famous 4004 BC, so I am happy that my estimate
is this close).

  This means to calculate any BC date from any AU date, all that is
necessary is to subtract the AU date from 3981.

  Now, back to Noah's flood:
Noah was born in 1056 AU.
Gen 7:11 - Flood started when Noah was 600
so Flood started 1656 AU.
This equates to 3981 - 1656 = 2325 BC!

  I am sorry that this has been such a long mail, but being scientifically
inclined, I value Peer review to correct any errors that I have made.

  Thank you for your patience, if any of you are interested in commenting I
will be able to read your replies on Thursday night, as that will be next
time I get a chance to read my mails.

  Thanks again for your time, and for the interesting debates I have been
privileged to lurk around.

Fil

Six wise, blind elephants were discussing what humans were like. Failing to
agree, they decided to determine what humans were like by direct experience.

The first wise, blind elephant felt the human, and declared, "Humans are
flat." 

The other wise, blind elephants, after similarly feeling the human, agreed. 

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