tenac About Noah...
By Henry Halley
Chapter 5. Their ages are listed as follows: Adam, 930 years, Seth, 912 years, Enosh, 905 year, Kenan, 910 year, Mahalalel, 895 years, Jared, 962 years, Enoch, 365 years, Methuselah, 969 years, Lamech, 777 years, Noah, 950 years.
The Great Age to which they lived is ordinarily explained on the theory that Sin had only begun its malign influence on the race.
Enoch, 21-24
He was the Best of Them. In a society of unspeakable wickedness, he "walked with God." Born 622 years after the creation of Adam, he was a contemporary with Adam 308 years. "God took him" 69 years before the birth of Noah, while he was only 365.
Methuselah, 25-27
He was the Oldest of the ten (969 years,) son of Enoch. His life overlapped that of Adam by 243 years and that of Shem by 98 years, thus forming a connecting link between the Garden of Eden and the Post-Flood world. He died the year of the Flood.
"The Generations of Noah" 6:9to 9:28
The 4th document composing the book of Genesis. It contains the story of the Flood, as told, and perhaps recorded, by Noah, and handed on by Shem to Abraham.
....Noah being grandson of Methuselah, and great grandson of Enoch...
10:1 to 11:9
5th document composing Genesis, prepared, probably, by Shem, and handed on to Abraham: Shem lived from 98 years before Flood till 150 years after birth of Abraham (11:10).
Abraham Believed in One God
His countrymen were Idolators. His father was an Idolater (Joshua24:2). There are legends of his being persecuted as a child for refusal to worship Idols. How did Abraham know about God? No doubt, by direct revelation from God. And moreover, taking the figures in chapters 5 and 11 as they are, Noah's life extended to the birth of Abraham; and Noah's life was overlapped by Methuselah by 600 years while Methuselah's life was overlapped by Adam for 243 years. So Abraham could have learned directly from Shem Noah's account of the Flood and Methuselah's account of Adam and the Garden of Eden.
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