Bible Genealogy

Gaps in Genesis Genealogies?

The evidence is strong that the Genesis genealogies are closed. God created Adam on Day Six, approximately 4,000 years before Christ. There does not seem to be any support for the notion that there are gaps in the Genesis genealogies.

Long Life in the Genealogies

Many people find it difficult to believe that Methuselah lived to be 969 years old. For 1,500 years after creation, men lived such long lives that most were either contemporaries of the first man Adam, or personally knew someone who was!

The Word “Begat” in the Genealogies

Because so many Christians and Christian leaders have accepted the secular dates for the origin of man and the universe, they must convince people that the Bible’s genealogical records do not present an unbroken line of chronology.

Articles About Bible Genealogy

• Food for Thought

  Sept. 1, 2014

  The Bible records some pretty astounding ages for the pre-Flood patriarchs.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  The Amram Question

  Oct. 9, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  How could Moses and Aaron have so many relatives (about 8,600) when their father only had two sons and one daughter?

• Book Chapter

  Are There Gaps in the Genesis Genealogies?

  March 22, 2012 from Old-Earth Creationism on Trial

  A common argument against young-earth creationism is that gaps exist in the genealogies listed in the fifth and tenth chapters of Genesis.

• Book Chapter

  Generational Gaffe?

  Sept. 6, 2011 from Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions: Volume 2

  Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains why 1 Samuel 9:1 states that Kish (Saul’s father) was the son of Abiel, but 1 Chronicles states that Kish was the son of Ner.

• Feedback Article

  When Did Methuselah Die?

  July 30, 2010 from Feedback

  Did Methuselah live through the Flood or die along with all those outside the Ark? Bodie Hodge, AiG–U.S., explores what the Genesis record shows.

• Book Chapter

  Did People Like Adam and Noah Really Live Over 900 Years of Age?

  May 27, 2010 from The New Answers Book 2

  The Bible teaches quite plainly that the early patriarchs often lived to be nearly 1,000 years old and even had children when they were several hundred years old!

• Book Chapter

  An Extra Cainan?

  July 6, 2009 from Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions: Volume 1

  Does the genealogy in Luke 3:36 give an extra Cainan not found in similar genealogies, such as Genesis 11:12?

• Book Chapter

  What’s in a Father’s Name?

  March 2, 2009 from Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions: Volume 1

  Why does Joseph (Jesus’s supposed father) have two different fathers listed in Matthew 1:16 and Luke 3:23?

• Book Chapter

  Problems with Basic Math?

  Feb. 16, 2009 from Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions: Volume 1

  Was Matthew incapable of basic math in his genealogy?

• Book Chapter

  Two Ages at Once

  Dec. 15, 2008 from Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions: Volume 1

  How could Ahaziah be both 22 years old and 42 years old when he started to reign?

• Feedback Article

  Can We Trust the Genealogies in Genesis?

  Oct. 26, 2007 from Feedback

  Are the genealogies in Genesis trustworthy enough to build an accurate chronology?

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  Do the Genesis Genealogies Contain Gaps?

  June 20, 2007 from Answers in Depth

  Despite attempts to add to the biblical account, Dr. Freeman shows that the genealogies in Genesis 5 and 11 do not contain gaps.

• Semi-Technical Magazine Article

  Who Begat Whom?

  March 28, 2007 from Answers Magazine
• Magazine Article

  Chronology Conundrums

  Sept. 14, 2006 from Answers Magazine

  Some have claimed that the Bible contradicts itself.

• The ‘Recolonisation Theory’—The Latest Compromise

  March 7, 2006

  In the last few years, another compromise of biblical truth has emerged, actually from within what might be termed the ‘Young Earth Creation’ movement. This compromise is the 'Recolonisation Theory.'