When did the creation take place?

[theophilus]

How long ago did the six day creation take place? The traditional date of about 4,000 BC is arrived at by studying the genealogies in the Bible to determine how much time has elapsed. But this method assumes that the genealogies are complete and every generation is included. But is this really the case?

First Chronicles 6:1-3 says:

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.

There are only two generations recorded between Levi and Moses. According to Genesis 46:11 Kohath was alive when the Israelites moved to Egypt.

Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons —The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Exodus 12:41 shows that they were in Egypt 430 years.

At the end of 430 years, on that very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

But Exodus 6:18-20 says:

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, the years of the life of Kohath being 133 years. The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their generations. Amram took as his wife Jochebed his father’s sister, and she bore him Aaron and Moses, the years of the life of Amram being 137 years.

Since their combined lifespans fall far short of the total time in Egypt it is obvious that the genealogy in incomplete and some generations have been omitted.

More proof that some of the genealogies aren’t complete is found by comparing Genesis 11:12,

When Arpachshad had lived 35 years, he fathered Shelah.

with Luke 3:35,36.

the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad.

The genealogy in Genesis omitted Cainan. Others people could also have been left out of the genealogies.

The creation couldn’t have taken place later than 4,000 BC but it could have occurred earlier.

[PaulSacramento]

You do realize that there is evidence of civilizations far OLDER and dated further back then 4000 BC and that the geneologies of the bible are of ONLY the Hebrew people (Israel), right?

[Danieltwotwenty]

To add to what Paul wrote above please read the link to an article on the main site. http://www.godandscience.org/youngearth ... ogies.html

Dan