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Body: | Bible Chronology Charts The Septuagint (LXX) vs. corrupted Masoretic "Scripture cannot be broken" (Jesus, John 10:35) "My word will accomplish what I desire and succeed in the purpose for which I sent it." (Isa 55:11) Steve Rudd November 2017 See also: Author's Preface and Master Introduction I. Septuagint Chronology of Gen 5, 11 is correct: 1. Creation dates of all reliable ancient literary sources validate the longer Septuagint Chronology: a. Every reliable literary source before 100 AD uses the longer LXX chronology and not the shorter Masoretic. 2. Both Philo and Josephus were using the extant Hebrew manuscript of their day which followed the longer LXX chronology. a. This is a huge finding because they were NOT using the Greek Septuagint used in Synagogues as their source text, but the Hebrew Tanakh used in the Jerusalem Temple. b. In fact, many scholars make the superficial (and wrong) conclusion that Josephus and Philo used the Septuagint BECAUSE they have the longer chronology. c. The correct conclusion is the Philo and Josephus were using the Pre-Masortic Hebrew Text when the numbers agreed with the Greek LXX. 3. The literary sources below become the primary proof that the Jews around 160 AD in Zippori changed the Hebrew text for anti-Christian theological reasons. 4. Today the Septuagint contains the original chronological numbers for the age of the earth at 5554 BC. 225 BC: Demetrius the chronographer: 5500 BC 170 BC: Book of Jubilees: 3906 BC (estimate) 158 BC: Eupolemus: 5307 BC 10 AD: Testament of Moses: 4221 BC Follows Book of Jubilees 30 AD: Philo of Alexandria: c. 5500 BC Uses Hebrew text 60 AD: Pseudo-Philo 5886 BC 70 AD: Josephus 5467 BC 90 AD: 2 Esdras 14 5464 BC 100 BC: Testament of Levi and the Twelve Patriarchs 150 AD: Justin Martyr Jews corrupt their own Greek Synagogue Tanakh 160 AD: Seder Olam Rabbah: 3761 BC 221 AD: Julius Africanus Sextus: 5500 BC 384 AD: Vulgate by Jerome: 4114 AD Latin translation of Hebrew 400 AD: Augustine: believed both 5554 BC and 4114 BC were inspired 5. Test case for accuracy of LXX vs. Masoretic: Shem as Melchizedek a. Jews today believe that Shem is Melchizedek because the Masoretic chronology has Shem living down past the birth of Jacob. It is impossible for Shem to be Melchizedek using the Septuagint chronology because Shem dies 600 years before Abraham is born. b. If we can find a single ancient literary source that shows that the Jews believed Shem was Melchizedek, this would falsify the theory that the Jews corrupted the Hebrew chronologies of Genesis 5, 11 at Zippori in 160 AD. c. In fact, just like the literary sources above all validate the longer LXX chronology, so too do all the literary sources refute the MT chronology because none of them equate Shem with Melchizedek. d. 100 BC: The earliest Jewish literary sources make no connection of Shem was Melchizedek as witnessed in the Dead Sea Scrolls: 1QGenesis Apocryphon. e. At the time of Christ, Jewish messianic expectation was of the arrival of Melchizedek as a "heavenly being" not Shem as witnessed in the Dead Sea Scrolls: 11QMelchizedek. f. 160 AD: The earliest literary source that equates Melchizedek with Shem is Seder Olam Rabbah in 160 AD g. The Seder Olam again, is the first reference in history and was the basis for corrupting the pre-Masoretic text in the chronologies of Gen 5 and 11. Primeval Chronology of Genesis 5 Greek Septuagint (LXX) (Correct original) Hebrew Masoretic (MT) (Corrupted in 150 AD) Samaritan Pentateuch (SP) (corrupted) Man Age at Son's Birth Remaining Years Life Age at Son's Birth Remaining Years Life Age at Son's Birth Remaining Years Life Adam 230 700 930 130 800 930 130 800 930 Seth 205 707 912 105 807 912 105 807 912 Enosh 190 715 905 90 815 905 90 815 905 Cainan 170 740 910 70 840 910 70 840 910 Mahalalel 165 730 895 65 830 895 65 830 895 Jared 162 800 962 162 800 962 62 785 847 Enoch 165 200 365 65 300 365 65 300 365 Methuselah 187 782 969 187 782 969 67 653 720 Lamech 1821 565 753 182 595 777 53 600 653 Noah 5022 450 950 5022 4503 950 5022 450 950 Total years4 2158 years 1558 years 1209 years Flood5 3298 BC 2518 BC6 3108 BC Steve Rudd 2017 AD 1. Lamech's begetting age for Noah in the LXX reads 188 but this is a scribal error and the correct age Lamech's son Noah was born is in his 182th year in the MT which is the autograph reading. 2. Japheth was firstborn when Noah was 500, Shem second-born when Noah was 502 and Ham the youngest. We know for certain that Shem was not firstborn as per Gen 11:10 and that Ham was the youngest as per Gen 9:24 which obviously makes Japheth the oldest. In Gen 10:21 English translators are split on which of Shem and Japheth were the oldest. The Hebrew in the MT and SP could mean either that Japheth or Shem were the older brother. The Greek LXX calls Japheth "the great" which may mean he is older than Shem or that he was older and/or more famous than Shem. 3. Gen 9:28-29 says Noah lived 350 years after the flood but for a total life of 950 years. Genesis 7:6 says the flood occurred when Noah was 600 years old. 4. Creation to birth of Shem in Noah's 502nd year as per Gen 11:10. 5. Flood occurred in the 600th year of Noah or 98 years after Shem was begotten when Noah was 502 years old. 6. Because Jews have wrongly believed from 300 BC to the present that Terah was 70 years old when Abraham was born instead of the correct begetting age of 130 you must add 60 years to the MT flood date of 2458 BC to arrive at the actual MT flood date of 2518 BC. Primeval Chronology of Genesis 11 Septuagint (LXX) (Correct original) Masoretic (MT) (Corrupted in 150 AD) Samaritan (SP) (Corrupted) Man Year at Birth Rem./Life9 Year at Birth Rem./Life9 Year at Birth Rem. Years Life9 Shem1 100 500/600 100 500/600 100 500 600 Arphaxad 135 430/565 35 403/438 135 303 438 Cainan 130 330/460 Skipped - skipped - - Shelah 130 330/460 30 403/433 130 303 433 Eber 134 370/504 34 430/464 134 270 404 Peleg 130 209/339 30 209/239 130 109 239 Reu 132 207/339 32 207/239 132 107 239 Serug 130 200/330 30 200/230 130 100 230 Nahor 79 129/208 29 119/148 79 69 149 Terah2 130 75/205 130 75/205 708 (130) 75 (158) 145 Gen 11 Yrs3 1230 years 450 years 1100 years Gen 5 Yrs 2158 years 1558 years 1209 years Abram born 2166 BC 2166 BC 2166 BC Creation4 5554 BC 4174 BC5 4475 BC Flood6 3298 BC 2518 BC7 3168 BC Steve Rudd 2017 AD 1. Shem begat Arphaxad at age 100 which was two years after the flood. 2. Christians know from Acts 7:4 that Abraham was born when Terah was 130 years old not 70. This is an interpretive variance, not a textual one in spite of the fact that Jews from 300 BC to the present wrongly maintain that Terah was 70 when Abraham was born. 3. Total years from birth of Arphaxad to birth of Abraham in 2166 BC. 4. Creation date is derived by adding the begetting columns in both charts to the date Abraham was born in 2166 BC. 5. The Jews from 300 BC down to the present day wrongly set the age of Terah at the birth of Abraham at 70 which calculates an age of the earth at 4114 BC. The truth is that Terah was 130 years old, which calculates age of the earth according to the MT at 4114 BC + 60 = 4174 BC. 6. Flood date is calculated by subtracting [total Gen 5 years] from [creation date] and adding [98 years] because Shem was born in Noah's 502nd year and the flood occurred when Noah was 600 years old. 7. Because Jews have wrongly believed from 150 BC to the present that Terah was 70 years old when Abraham was born instead of the correct begetting age of 130 you must add 60 years to the MT flood date of 2458 BC to arrive at the actual MT flood date of 2518 BC. 8. While the numbers in the MT show that Terah was 130 when Abraham was born and that Abraham left Haran at age 75 after Terah died at age 205, the Jews incorrectly interpreted the birth of Abraham when Terah was 70. What this meant in their interpretation, was that Tarah continued to live in Haran for another 60 years after Abraham left for Canaan. This was always problematic until the Christian Bible explicitly stated that Abraham did not leave Haran until after the death of Terah at age 205 (see Acts 7:4). The Samaritans fudged the numbers for the life span of Terah from 205 down to 145 in order to have Terah die before Abraham left Haran. So in the Samaritan corrupted chronology they incorrectly have Abraham born when Terah was 70 and Terah dying at age 145 when Abraham leaves for Canaan at age 75. But today we are certain that Terah was 130 years old when Abraham was born which creates a huge problem for the Samaritan Pentateuch because this means Terah dies when Abraham is only 15 years old and now Abraham continues to live in Haran for another 60 years after Terah dies before he leaves for Canaan. This is clear proof of a corrupt and fabricated Samaritan chronology because the prevailing FALSE view of Jews as far back as 150 BC to the present, is that Terah was 70 when Abraham was begotten. Had the Samaritans just left the text alone, they never would have been caught red handed with irrefutable proof (Abraham was not 15 years old when Terah died), that they deliberately corrupted the Samaritan Pentateuch chronology in Gen 5,11. 9. Life numbers (total years lived) are not in the text of either the LXX or MT. However they are added in the SP. For example, in Gen 11:11 the Samaritan Pentateuch adds the words: "All the days of Shehm [Shem] were 600 years and he died". The SP adds the total life years lived for each person in the Gen 11 chronology. This is a corruption of the original text. Septuagint (LXX) Chronology Life Birth Death Son Adam 930 5554 BC 4624 BC 230 Seth 912 5324 BC 4412 BC 205 Enosh 905 5119 BC 4214 BC 190 Cainan 910 4929 BC 4019 BC 170 Mahalalel 895 4759 BC 3864 BC 165 Jered 962 4594 BC 3632 BC 162 Enoch 365 4432 BC 4067 BC 165 Methuselah 969 4267 BC 3298 BC 187 Lamech 777 4080 BC 3303 BC 182 Noah 950 3898 BC 2948 BC 502 Flood 3298 BC Shem 600 3396 BC 2796 BC 100 Arpachshad 565 3296 BC 2731 BC 135 Kainan 460 3161 BC 2701 BC 130 Shelah 533 3031 BC 2498 BC 130 Eber 504 2901 BC 2397 BC 134 Peleg 339 2767 BC 2428 BC 130 Reu 339 2637 BC 2298 BC 132 Serug 330 2505 BC 2175 BC 130 Nahor 208 2375 BC 2167 BC 79 Terah 205 2296 BC 2091 BC 130 Abraham 175 2166 BC 1991 BC 100 Isaac 180 2066 BC 1886 BC 60 Jacob 147 2006 BC 1859 BC 90 All dates are in BC. To convert to After Creation, subtract from 5554 The corrupt Masoretic (MT) Chronology: Masoretic Chronology chart: Life Birth Death Son Adam 930 4174 3264 130 Seth 912 4044 3132 105 Enosh 905 3939 3034 90 Cainan 910 3849 2939 70 Mahalalel 895 3779 2884 65 Jered 962 3714 2752 162 Enoch 365 3552 3187 65 Methuselah 969 3487 2518 187 Lamech 777 3300 2523 182 Noah 950 3118 2168 502 Flood 2518 Shem 600 2616 2016 100 Arphachshad 438 2516 2078 35 Shelah 433 2481 2048 30 Eber 464 2451 1987 34 Peleg 239 2417 2178 30 Reu 239 2387 2148 32 Serug 230 2355 2125 30 Nahor 148 2325 2177 29 Terah 205 2296 2091 130 Abraham 175 2166 1991 100 Isaac 180 2066 1886 60 Jacob 147 2006 1859 90 All dates are in BC. To convert to After Creation, subtract from 4174 The Septuagint LXX "Scripture Cannot Be Broken" Start Here: Master Introduction and Index Six Bible Manuscripts 1446 BC Sinai Text (ST) 1050 BC Samuel's Text (SNT) 623 BC Samaritan (SP) 458 BC Ezra's Text (XIV) 282 BC Septuagint (LXX) 160 AD Masoretic (MT) Research Tools OT Textual Variants Messianic expectation 300 OT quotes in NT Canon of the Bible Chronology Charts Seder Olam Rabbah Steve Rudd, November 2017 AD: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections By Steve Rudd: November 2017: Contact the author for comments, input or corrections. Click to View Go to: Main Bible Manuscripts Page Go to: Main Ancient Synagogue Start Page Go To Start: WWW.BIBLE.CA |