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48. Moses informs us that Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad, 500
years. Gen. 11:11. This added to 100 years, which was his age when
Arphaxad was born, makes him 600 years old when he died. Arphaxad lived
after he begat Salah, 403 years. 11:13. This added to 35 years, which
was his age when Salah was born, makes him 438 years old when he died.
Salah lived after he begat Eber, 403 years. 11:15.--This added to 30
years, which was his age when Eber was born, makes him 433 years old
when he died.--Eber lived after he begat Peleg, 430 years. 11:17. This
added to 34 years, which was his age when Peleg was born, makes him
464 years old. Peleg lived after he begat Reu, 209 years. 11:19. This
added to 30 years, which was his age when Reu was born, makes him 239
years old when he died. Reu lived, after he begat Serug, 207 years.
Gen. 11:21. This added to 32 years, which was his age when Serug was
born, makes him 239 years old when he died. Serug lived after he begat
Nahor, 200 years. 11:23. This added to 30 years, which was his age when
Nahor was born, makes him 230 years old when he died. Nahor lived after
he begat Terah, 119 years. 11:25. This added to 29 years, which was his
age when Terah was born, makes him 148 years old when he died. Terah
was 130 years old when Abraham was born, and is supposed to have lived
75 years after his birth: making him 205 years old when he died.
49. Agreeable to this last account, Peleg died in the 1996th year of
the world, Nahor in the 1997th, and Noah in the 2006th. So that Peleg,
in whose days the earth was divided, and Nahor, the grandfather of
Abraham, both died before Noah--the former being 239 years old, and the
latter 148. And who cannot but see that they must have had a long and
intimate acquaintance with Noah?
50. Reu died in the 2026th year of the world, Serug in the 2049th,
Terah in the 2083rd, Arphaxad in the 2096th, Salah in the 2126th, Shem
in the 2158th, Abraham in the 2183rd, and Eber in the 2187th: which was
four years after Abraham's death. And Eber was the fourth from Noah.
51. Nahor, Abraham's brother, was 58 years old when Noah died, Terah
128, Serug 187, Reu 219, Eber 283, Salah 313, Arphaxad 344, and Shem
448.
52. It appears from this account, that Nahor, brother of Abraham,
Terah, Nahor, Serug, Reu, Peleg, Eber, Salah, Arphaxad, Shem, and Noah,
all lived on the earth at the same time. And that Abraham was 18 years
old when Reu died, 41 when Serug and his brother Nahor died, 75 when
Terah died, 88 when Arphaxad died, 118 when Salah died, 150 when Shem
died, and that Eber lived 4 years after Abraham's death. And that Shem,
Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Reu, Serug, Terah, and Nahor, the brother of
Abraham, and Abraham, lived at the same time.--And that Nahor, brother
of Abraham, Terah, Serug, Reu, Eber, Salah, Arphaxad, and Shem, were
all acquainted with both Noah and Abraham.
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