2) THE VERY CAREFUL AND DETAILED USE OF MATHEMATICS AND LANGUAGE IN THESE CHAPTERS FIRMLY LINKS THE CHRONOLOGY INTO ONE CONTINUOUS FAMILY RECORD. NOTICE THAT THE AGE OF EACH PATRIARCH IS GIVEN WHEN THE NEXT PATRIARCH (PROBABLY A SON, BUT POSSIBLY AN EVER-SO-GRANDSON) IS BORN. THUS THE TIME BETWEEN THE CREATION OF ADAM AND THE LIFE OF JOSEPH IS ESTABLISHED. THE POSSIBILITY OF GAPS IN THE GENEALOGY WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON THIS TIME INTERVAL. 3) NOAH'S SON SHEM, WHO WAS BORN BEFORE THE FLOOD, ALMOST OUTLIVED ABRAHAM AND VERY POSSIBLY HAD CONVERSATION WITH ISSAC. 4) EACH OF THE FIRST NINE PATRIARCHS HAD "OTHER SONS AND DAUGHTERS." (SEE GEN. 5) IN OTHER WORDS, EACH HAD AT LEAST 3 SONS AND 2 DAUGHTERS. STATISTICALLY THIS IMPLIES THAT THEY ALL HAD LARGE FAMILIES--PROBABLY AVERAGING NINE OR MORE CHILDREN. IF THESE WERE TYPICAL FAMILY SIZES FOR THAT DAY, THEN THE WORLD POPULATION BEFORE THE FLOOD WAS VERY LARGE--PROBABLY IN THE BILLIONS. 5) NOTICE THAT THE LIFESPANS OF ADAM, METHUSELAH, SHEM, AND ABRAHAM SUCCESSIVELY OVERLAPPED. 6) THE BEST ESTIMATES OF THE YEAR OF THE FLOOD ARE BETWEEN 3398 B.C. AND 2348 B.C. METAPHYSICALLY ASSUMING THAT MAN LIVED 900+ YEARS PRIOR TO NOAH'S FLOOD, HOW BIG WOULD HE BE WHEN HE REACHED MATURITY? 9 TO 16 FEET TALL, OR TALLER?? HOW BIG WOULD MAMMALS, REPTILES, FISH, AND INSECTS GET IF THEY LIVED 400-900 YEARS?? DR. CARL BAUGH AND THE CREATION EVIDENCE MUSEUM IN GLEN ROSE, TEXAS IS THE ONLY SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION, WE ARE AWARE OF, THAT HAS DEMONSTRATED "EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE" THAT APPEARS TO ANSWER THE MYSTERY OF GIGANTISM IN THE FOSSIL RECORD, AS WELL AS LONGEVITY IN THE HISTORIC PAST. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER "EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE" RELATED TO THIS SUBJECT, PLEASE CONTACT US AND WE WILL POST IT ON OUR WEB SITE. THIS CHART, AND MUCH MORE FASCINATING INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE BOOK ENTITLED... "IN THE BEGINNING" by Walter T. Brown Jr. Return to Contents |