From Adam to the Exodus (2510 yrs.) Page 2

The Masoretic text also has a 251-year pattern after Abraham, which is not as obvious as in the Samaritan text. Abraham was 100 when Isaac was born. Isaac was 60 when Jacob was born, and Jacob was 91 at Joseph’s birth. Therefore, Joseph was born 251 years after Abraham (100 + 60 + 91 = 251).

Moreover, the exodus was 430 years after Abraham was called. Abraham was called before he was 75, before his father died in Haran, while he dwelled in Mesopotamia (Acts 7:2). This means he could have been 75 when he was called the second time when he was 75 in Haran, 427 years before the exodus. Josephus, a first century, multi-lingual, Jewish historian, confirms there were 2510 years from Adam to the exodus. He says, from Adam to the temple, there were 3102 years, and, from the exodus to the temple, 592 years. So, according to his figures, there were 2510 years from Adam to the exodus (3102 – 592 = 2510) (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 8.3.1).

Abraham’s Calling in Ur Before Reaching Haran[1]	Age 72	[2]	Age 75
Yrs. to the Exodus	430	[3]	427
Total	502	= 251 x 2	502

The Book of Jasher (II Chron. 1:18) says, “Abraham (after he was 72) remained in the land of Haran three years, and… at this time (when he was 75) God told Abram, ‘Arise now, take your wife… and go to the land of Canaan and remain there…” (Jasher 13:3-5). This agrees with Acts 7:2-4.

The Masoretic text also has a 427-year pattern, which is not as obvious as in the Samaritan text.

My theory also suggests that 52 years need to be added before the flood, and 52 years need to be subtracted after the exodus. How to remove 52 years after the exodus is on page eight: http://code251.com/code427-p8.html. Even without these corrections, the temple is still 427 times 7 after Adam.

There were 251 times 10 years from Adam to the exodus and 427 times two from the flood to the exodus as in TABLE 3. This means there were 1656 years from Adam to the flood just as we also find in Genesis 5 and 11. Abraham’s first calling in Ur was likely 430 years before the exodus (Acts 7:2; Ex. 12:41).

Other eras of the Bible, such as, the fall of Babel, Abraham’s calling, the temple and the fall of Babylon are not new. What is new is that, evidently, they were originally associated with the 251 and 427-year cycles as follows: