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Except people lived to be older than that in the Bible “Notice that Sarah lived to be 127 years (Gen. 23:1), Abraham lived to 175 years (Gen. 25:7), and Jacob
by melling 5y ago
Except people lived to be older than that in the Bible
“Notice that Sarah lived to be 127 years (Gen. 23:1), Abraham lived to 175 years (Gen. 25:7), and Jacob lived 147 years before dying (Gen. 47:28).”
https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/to-what-does-the-120-years-in-genesis-63-refer/ https://www.neverthirsty.org/bible-qa/qa-archives/question/t...
- ARandomerDude 5y agoAll of whom are clearly portrayed in Genesis as being supernaturally sustained in their old age as exceptions to the rule (similarly, Moses and Joshua).
- melling 5y agoThe Dragon in My Garage http://people.whitman.edu/~herbrawt/classes/110/Sagan.pdf http://people.whitman.edu/~herbrawt/classes/110/Sagan.pdf
- tomcatfish 5y agoThis isn't so much of someone trying to explain away bad data, it's just you doing a misreading of the story, which people have explained. This isn't a debate about the object level "is this story true", this is people saying "that's not what the story is".