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Why is our lifespan
so short? |
With the
passing of time, the human life span declined. Adam lived for 930
years.
5:5) So all the
days of Adam that he lived amounted to nine hundred and thirty
years and he died.
The Flood survivor Shem lived for
only 600 years, and his son Arpachshad for 438 years. Abraham’s
father, Terah, lived for 205 years. The life span of Abraham was 175
years, that of his son Isaac was 180 years, and that of Jacob was
147 years.
11:10-13) This
is the history of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he
became father to Ar·pach′shad two years after the deluge.
11 And after his fathering Ar·pach′shad Shem
continued to live five hundred years. Meanwhile he became father
to sons and daughters. 12 And Ar·pach′shad
lived thirty-five years. Then he became father to She′lah.
13 And after his fathering She′lah Ar·pach′shad
continued to live four hundred and three years. Meanwhile he
became father to sons and daughters.
(Genesis 11:32) And the
days of Te′rah came to be two hundred and five years. Then
Te′rah died in Ha′ran.
(Genesis 25:7) And these
are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, a
hundred and seventy-five years.
(Genesis 35:28) And the
days of Isaac came to be a hundred and eighty years.
(Genesis 47:28) And
Jacob lived on in the land of Egypt for seventeen years, so that
Jacob’s days, the years of his life, came to be a hundred and
forty-seven years.
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