Systematic Theology Bible Discussion

  Bibliology- When looking at the genealogy of the Bible, it’s important to understand that the genealogy may not be complete. We can certainly conclude that Adam fathered Seth directly, as it explicitly says in 4:25, but after this, there are 10 sons mentioned by Adam to Noah. The Bible will often leave gaps in the genealogy, see Matthew’s genealogy as an example of this. There is another precedence for this in the Hebrew word יָלַד (yâlad), which can be translated as “became the ancestor of” as opposed to fathered or begot.  However, none of this discredits the concept that the men of Genesis Chapter 5 have incredibly long lives. This view would also mean that the lines died off after a certain amount of time, leaving a different line in it’s place, but still of the same line. This would be nonsensical. So, while generation- skipping may be described in this chapter, it doesn’t change that the men continue on for a long period of time. If this were not the case, there w...