From: Dick Fischer (dickfischer@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Oct 25 2003 - 12:24:17 EDT
Rich wrote:
>Here are excerpts from a recent article:
>In DNA, New Clues to Jewish Roots
>NYT May 14, 2002
(Snip)
>The emerging genetic picture is based largely on two
>studies, one published two years ago and the other this
>month, that together show that the men and women who
>founded the Jewish communities had surprisingly different
>genetic histories.
As I stated in my book, <http://www.orisol.com/>The Origins Solution:
"From Adam through Noah, all lived over 900 years with just two
exceptions. Enoch walked with the Lord after 365 years, and Noah's father,
Lamech, succumbed at 777. An early demise kept Lamech from being caught up
in the deluge. Noah passed on at age 950, twenty years older than Adam
when he died.
Noah's son, Shem, died at 600 years of age. The first downward shift in
longevity came after ten consecutive generations of long life. This is an
indication that Noah's wife was the probable cause, and that she had
Cainite ancestry (Cain married outside the Adamic line), or a direct
bloodline tie to the indigenous population. Although Noah was "perfect in
his generations" (Gen. 6:9), no claim is made about his wife. When Noah's
perfect line, through Adam and Seth, was mixed with his wife's imperfect
line, their offspring had shorter life spans; and Shem, who only lived to
600, was the first to suffer a speedy demise."
I can't say that the recent genetic data corroborates my thesis that Noah's
wife came from outside the Adamic line, but it does offer another form of
supportive evidence.
Dick Fischer - Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
www.genesisproclaimed.org
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