What we often presume.

Our imagination about the world prior to the Great Flood is likely highly inaccurate. We typically think of a planet sparsely populated with limited technological advancements and primitive living conditions. We might speculate that it was more advanced than we typically consider, but nothing like our modern age. Looking at the biblical data might lead us to an entirely different conclusion.

What we know from the biblical text.

There were ten generations from Adam to Noah. These are the named generations. Biblical genealogies are not always complete, they sometimes skip generations. This is not an inaccuracy. In biblical thinking a grandfather is the progenitor of a grandson. Not every generation is necessarily mentioned. But for the sake of our evaluation, let’s take these generations as complete.

The average lifespan before the flood, according to the genealogies mentioned in Genesis 5 was 912 years. The average age of siring a child mentioned in Genesis 5 is 117.3 years. That is we leave out Noah who is mentioned as 500 years old when he has three sons in Genesis 5:32. …

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