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Can we Justify having a Continuous 427-year pattern? Page 4 From
Adam to the Temple The Masoreh text, from Adam to the fall of
Babel, has 1757 (251 x 7) years, as in TABLE 1. The Samaritan text has
1708 (427 x 4) years, as in TABLE 1. The difference is 49 years, or one
jubilee. There are 479 years from the exodus to the temple as in TABLE 4 (I
Kings 6:1). If we add this 479 to the 1656 years from Adam to the flood, we
get 2135 years (1656 + 479 = 2135). Why is this important? Because 2135 is
also divisible by 427 (427 x 5 = 2135). This means there were 427 years times
seven, or 61 jubilees, from Adam to the temple! Also notice in TABLE 4 that, if 52 years are
deducted from 479 equals 427 years, and 52 years added to 1656 equals 1708
years (or 427 x 4). Since it is likely that, in the original version (before
the Samaritan, Masoreh and Septuagint), there may have been 1708 years (427 x
4), not 1656, to the flood, and, from the exodus to the temple, there may
have originally been 427 years, not 479. Nevertheless, the 427-year (61
jubilee) pattern is still preserved between Adam and the temple. A schematic forcing all major events into patterns
may imply there was an Intelligent Designer involved, but one can imagine
what readers would think if all major events were exactly 427 years apart as
in TABLE 5. I kings 6:1 says there were
479 years (not 480) from the exodus to the temple. Isn’t it strange that this
is 52 years more than 427 years? Genesis 5 and 11 say there were 1656 years
from Adam to the flood. Isn’t it strange that 1656 is 52 years less than 427
times four? Isn’t it strange that these two figures, 1656 and 479, added
together are divisible by 427 (427 x 5 = 1656 +427)? What are the odds? Perhaps someone used a known 427-year pattern to construct a time
chart back to Adam for his children. How long was it from Adam to the flood?
427 times 4. How long from Adam to when Abraham was called? 427 times 5. How
long from Adam to the exodus? 427 times 6. How long from Adam to the temple?
427 times 7. However, archaeologists are not children. They take
the numbers seriously. Discerning from the book of Judges that there were
likely 479 years from the exodus to the temple (as in TABLE 4), they add an
extra 52 years to the 427 years (427 + 52 = 479). As
said, I Kings 6:1 has 479 years between the exodus and the temple. For
details on the 251-year Venus Cycle go to: http://code251.com/index.html For details on the 427-year Jupiter Cycle go to:
http://code251.com/code427-p13.html The
Samaritan version of the Bible has 1708 years (427 x 4) from Adam to the fall
of Babel (Peleg’s birth). This is equivalent to 1307 + 401 or 1656 + 52. The
Masoretic (King James) version has 1757 (1656 + 101 years, or 251 x 7) to the
fall of Babel. Therefore, the Samaritan version actually
subtracts 49 years or one jubilee (1757 – 1708 = 49) from the Masoreh
text down to the fall of Babel. This illustrates how the scribes manipulated
the 251-year and 427-year cycles to create their own versions. The scribes, evidently, could have added 401
years to their 1307 years before the flood in order to allow 1707 years (427
x 4) years to the flood (equivalent to 1656 + 52). This would place the flood
in a sabbatical year and would harmonize with the 427 years from the flood to
Abraham’s calling (in the Masoretic text) and 427 years from Abraham’s second
calling until the exodus. Since it is logical there were not two versions of chronology preserved through the flood, it is also logical that the original version placed the flood in a sabbatical year, when Shem was 98 (7 x 14), after which Noah lived another 350 years (7 x 50). If
there were 430 years from Abraham’s calling to the exodus (Ex. 12:41), how
could it also be 427 years after Abraham’s calling? Well, there is a statement made in Acts 7:2. We don’t know its
source, but it says Abraham was called before his father died, before he
dwelled in Haran, before he was 75. Abraham turned 75 in 61 sabbaticals (352
+ 75 = 427 years) after the flood (in the Masoretic version). He was likely
called in Ur on the Passover, when he was 72, 430 years before the exodus. Again, the scribes manipulated the 251-year and
427-year cycles to create their own versions. Like the Samaritan version, the
Book of Jubilees places the flood 1307 years after Adam. |
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