Dating Creation

Taking the geneologies found in the Masoritic Text and fitting them together with an estimate of when the Exodus occured, we might be able to figure out when the Bible places the creation of the world. From Adam to Moses, we can construct the following chart:



Patriarch    Born    Died

Adam           1*          931

Seth             131      1043

Enosh          236      1141

Kenan          326      1236

Mahalalel     396      1291

Jared           461      1423

Enoch          623      988 ("Walked with God")

Methuselah 688      1657 (Died seven days before the flood)

Lamech      875      1652

Noah           1057    2007    1657 = The Flood

Shem          1557    2157

Arphaxad    1657    2095

Shelah        1692    2125

Eber           1722    2195

Peleg          1756    1995

Reu             1786    2025

Sherug        1818    2048

Nahor          1848    1996

Terah           1877    2152

Abraham     1947    2222

Isaac           2047    2267

Jacob          2107    2254



Some interesting things appear when we view this data in chart form. Lamech was the last patriarch to see Adam alive (he died 126 years before Noah was born). Noah not only outlived his great-great-great grandson, he also outlived his great-great-great-great-great-great grandson Nahor, who died quite young (relatively speaking). Abraham also had 215 years to get to know Noah, and so he had a direct testimony of the flood. Key events from creation to when the Israelites enter Egypt are not more than two people removed.



Moses was 80 years old when the Exodus happened, which took place exactly 430 years after the Israelites (Jacob's family) entered Egypt, when Jacob was age 130. Meaning:



2237 = Israelites enter Egypt

2667 = Exodus

Time spent in Egypt = 430 Years (to the day)



Moses died at age 120. From this we can calculate the dates of Moses' life:



Moses    2587    2707



I've estimated before that the Exodus** happened around 1550 BC. 1550 BC now becomes 2667 after the beginning of the sixth day (yom).This would mean Adam was created in the year 4217 BC. The world, according to this calculation, would be 6,230 years and 5 unspecified yom old.



Solomon's temple was supposedly built exactly 480 years after the Exodus, or year 3147 AA (After Adam), or 1070 BC according to my estimate. This was the fourth year of Solomon's reign, so he became king in 3143 AA, or 1074 BC. His father, David, reigned for 40 years with Solomon being his immediate successor. David became king at age 30, so he lived a total of 70 years. This places his life at 3073 - 3143 (he had Solomon the year of his death, apparently) or 1144 - 1074 BC. This is about a hundred years before he is traditionally placed.



Of course, all this rests on the accuracy of one date: the date of the Exodus. That said, I think it is fairly accurate. I don't know if there was an Adam who lived 6,000 years ago (pretty close to the start of the Egyptian calendar), or what event from 2560 BC would count as the flood (around the time when the Great Pyramid was supposed to have been built). I have no idea what any of this is actually calculating. Sure, there was an Abraham, and the Israelites did settle in Egypt, but what happened before is anyone's guess. It does, however, make for an interesting day's work.









*For some reason many people seems to start counting with a year zero. I have no idea how to count zero years. The current Jewish calendar starts counting with year one (the first five days of creation) and says Adam was created on the first day of year two. Since there is no way to know how long, exactly, those first five days were, I'm going to put Adam's creation at the start of year one.



**Going by the Hebrew calendar, which currently places us in year 5773, Exodus happened 1126 BC,

TSA (To Sexually Assault) Is A Joke Reveals Insider

NY Post: TSA insider reveals TSA is a complete
joke (like I've been saying since day one). I'd like to make a few
choice quotes, but there's just so many:

A LOT of what we do is make-believe.

These are the employees who could never keep a job in the private sector. I wouldn’t trust them to walk my dog.


An agent got through Newark last week with an improvised explosive
device? That’s not even news to anyone who works there. It happens all
the time. The failure rate is pretty high, especially with federal
investigators, and the pat-down itself is ridiculous. As invasive as it
is, you still can’t find anything using the back of your hand on certain
areas.

What are the chances of you being on a flight where
something happens? We always said it’s not a question of if terrorists
get through — it’s a question of when. Our feeling is nothing’s happened
because they haven’t wanted it to happen. We’re not any big deterrent.
It’s all for show.

Most TSA screeners know their job is a
complete joke. Their goal is to use this as a stepping stone to another
government agency.

We work in a culture where common sense has
no place. All but a very few TSA personnel know they’re employed by a
bottom-of-the-barrel agency.

Supervisors play absolutely no
role in day-to-day functions except to tell you not to chew gum. Gum
chewing is a huge issue with management. I once saw a supervisor make an
officer open his mouth to prove he had a mint and not a piece of gum.


Goofing off and half-hour-long bathroom breaks are the only way to
break up the monotony. There is also a lot of ogling of female
passengers by the male screeners. So, ladies, cover up when you get to
the airport. These guys are checking you out constantly.

A
small number of screeners are delusional zealots who believe they’re
keeping America safe by taking your snow globe, your 2-inch pocket
knife, your 4-ounce bottle of shampoo and performing invasive pat-downs
on your kids.

It’s the people who’ve been there a good number
of years who could never find employment elsewhere. When you have a real
job, it usually means you have to actually work and think, which a lot
of them have a hard time doing.