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The Hidden Beauty of the Hebrew Genealogies

Contents

Executive Summary

PART I - ABBREVIATION OF LEVI’S GENEALOGY

Apparent Contradiction of Words and Numbers

Four Witnesses to a 430-year Sojourn in Egypt

Abraham’s Witness to a 430-Year Egyptian Sojourn

Jacob’s Life Requires a 430-Year Egyptian Sojourn

PART II - FOUNDATION FOR ABBREVIATING GENEALOGIES

Elasticity of Hebrew Genealogical Terms

Abbreviated/Condensed Genealogies

PART III - ABBREVIATION OF SHEM’S GENEALOGY

Shem’s List: The Ultimate Example of Condensing

Shem’s Genealogy—Which Bible?

PART IV - SHEM’S ABBREVIATED GENEALOGY CONFIRMED BY JOB

Evidence from the Lifespan of Job for Missing Generations

Evidence from the Message of Job for Missing Generations

Evidence from the Times of Job for Missing Generations

PART V - FINAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR ABBREVIATED GENEALOGIES

Biblical Earth Movements After the Flood

Peleg, Joktan and the Table of Nations

Historical Errors Obscuring the Condensing of Shem’s Line

Interpretative Errors Supporting Ussher View

The Missing World between the Flood and Peleg

Recent Scholarship Improves Biblical Understanding

Summary of Biblical Findings

Secular Evidence—Those Many Documents Unavailable to Ussher

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