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The
pre-flood population on the earth, from Adam to Noah, is determined using
the Bible as the sole source of doctrine and knowledge. This illustrates
authenticity of the biblical scriptures, showing that the book of Genesis
alone contains the precise information that would allow any faithful
reader to unlock the harmonious truth of the Bible. Use of modern algorithmic
techniques allows one to track the population growth, verse by verse, from
Adam to Noah, revealing a world of tens of
billions on the Genesis Earth just before the flood.
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One often wonders, as a student of the
Bible, why there is so much detail given in certain scriptures such as
that found in the book of Genesis, from Genesis 2:19 through Genesis 6:4.
A completeness of
the Bible as the sole source and authority is again revealed as Genesis
appears to be directly connected to the new testament of the Bible which
describes the modern times of today. I have always believed that the Bible
contains absolutely no wasted
words; no text put
there just for the sake of poetic content, as the Bible is the word of
God. Matthew 24:37
seems to connect the modern times of tens of billions on the modern Earth with the Genesis Earth in the days of Noah. Matthew 24:37
But as the days of Noah were,
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
This will be very
clearly seen after the following encounter. You will require
only the skills used to balance your checkbook.
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Verse |
Patriarchs |
Birth |
Death |
Maturity |
Fruitfulness
Fi |
Population
Gi |
Birth to Death
Ratio
=M |
| Gen 2:7
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground,
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living
soul. |
Adam |
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Here, there was no birth. Adam was created by God. |
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Fi = 1 |
At this point
the tree of life has only 1 branch on it. There is only Adam.
G1 = 1 |
M=6 |
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| At
this point there is only Adam. The index i = 1. The Fruitfulness Fi=1,
the Population G1=1. |
This value is set to 1, unless it is stated that more
that 1 son or daughter is born. |
Gi = 1 |
An
initial Birth/Death ratio value of M=6 assumes that
only one death occurred for every 6 births. |
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Gen 3:21, 22
And
the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he
slept: and took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead
thereof;
And
the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and
brought her unto the man. |
Adam and Eve |
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Here, there was no birth. God gave Eve to Adam. |
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Fi = 1 |
At
this point the tree of life has 2 branches on it. There is only Adam and Eve.
Gi = 2 |
M=6 |
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| Gen 4:1 |
Adam |
Eve |
Cain |
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2 |
At this point
the tree of life has 3 branch on it. There is Adam, Eve and Cain.
G1 = 3 |
Gi = (Fi +
Gi-1) |
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| At
this point there is Adam, Eve and Cain. The index i = 2.
The new population is now G2 = F2 + G1
= 2 + 1 = 3
This is the value F2 (Fi) added to the previous
population G1 (Gi-1) |
F2 is
set to value 2 because God gave Eve to Adam |
With Cain the tree of life now has 3
branches. |
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| Gen 4:2 |
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Eve |
Abel |
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1 |
At this point the tree of life has 4 branch on it.
There is Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel.
Gi = 4 |
Gi = (Fi + Gi-1) |
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| At this point there is Adam, Eve,
Cain and Abel. The index i = 3.
The new population is now G3 = F3 + G2
= 1 + 3 = 4 |
F3 is
set to value 1 |
Gi = 4 |
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| Gen 4:8 |
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Cain slew his brother Abel |
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(-1 indicates death)
F3 is
set to value
F3 =
-1 |
Gi = 3
A branch has been broken off of the tree and Gi is set back to Gi = 3 branches |
Gi = (Fi + Gi-1) |
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| Gen 4:17 |
Cain |
begat |
Enoch |
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1 |
With the birth of
Enoch the Population is back to 4.
Gi = 4 |
Gi = (Fi + Gi-1) |
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| Gen 4:18 |
Enoch |
begat |
Irad |
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1 |
The above algorithmic process is repeated.
5 branches |
Gi = (Fi + Gi-1) |
| Gen 4:18 |
Irad |
begat |
Mehujael |
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1 |
6 branches |
Gi = (Fi + Gi-1) |
| Gen 4:18 |
Mehujael |
begat |
Methushael |
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1 |
7 branches |
Gi = (Fi + Gi-1) |
| Gen 4:18 |
Methushael |
begat |
Lamech |
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1 |
8 branches |
Gi = (Fi + Gi-1) |
| Gen 4:20 |
Lamech |
Adah 1st wife |
Jabal |
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2 |
10 branches |
Gi = (Fi + Gi-1) |
| Gen 4:22 |
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Zillah 2nd wife |
Tubal-Cain, Naamah |
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2 |
Gi = 12 |
Gi = (Fi + Gi-1) |
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| The population on
the earth is at least 12 following the birth of
Naamah.
IMPORTANT Note:
The calculation is based only on the patriarchs mentioned in Genesis, not
counting all those patriarchs not mentioned in Genesis. |
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Verse |
Patriarchs |
Birth |
Death |
Maturity |
Fruitfulness
Fi |
Population
Gi |
Birth to Death
Ratio
=M |
| Gen 4:25 |
Adam at 130 |
begat |
Seth (in his own image) |
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Adam lived 800 years, had sons, daughters |
6 |
at this point the tree of life has 288
branches |
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
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| NOTE:
Each time it is mentioned in the book of Genesis that a patriarch lived a
given number of years and
had sons and daughters, a fruitfulness number of 6 is assigned. This may
be considered to be reasonable value, as the plurality of "sons and daughters"
always implies at least a number of 4 or more children for any given
patriarch. Each time, maturity information is given. For instance: Adam
was 130 years old at the time he begat Seth, Seth was 105 years at
maturity and Enos was 90 years at Maturity. This is found to be vital
algorithmic information (no wasted words in the scriptures) that
allows one to calculate the fruitfulness Fi and to
estimate a birth-to-death ratio M.
In Genesis it is
always assumed for numerical calculations that each offspring will have
sons and daughters and the M value is multiplied by the Fruitfulness and
the total value also multiplied.
Each time that sons and
daughters are mentioned, the calculation Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M
is used.
For the above example in the Bible Verse Gen
4:25, Adam had sons & daughters
(the plural of sons, daughters suggests at least 4
children were given birth!) Since sometimes more than 4 children may
be given birth each time the Bible indicates sons,
daughters. Therefore, a Multiplication Factor of M=6 can safely be assigned. The Fruitfulness in
this verse is Fi =6 because sons,
daughters are mentioned!
If the index number
for Gen 4:25 is "i", then
for the previous verse, Gen 4:24, the index is
"i-1" and the previous population was Gi-1 =12. The negative sign in "i-1" refers back
to the past! Algorithmically, we may assume that all these future children
will also give birth in the same manner and so we multiply this numerical
results by the same Multiplication Factor M=6.
We just plug
M=6, Fi =6 and Gi-1 =12 into the formula and recall that
the star "*" means
multiplication. We now have
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M which is equal to Gi = (6*6 + 12)*6 = 288 for the current population at Gen 4:25. Repeat this for
all the other verses.
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| Gen 4:26 |
Seth at 105 |
begat |
Enos |
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Seth lived 807 years, had sons, daughters |
6 |
1,944 branches |
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
from here on the branches on the tree of life are
numbering in the thousands |
| Gen 5:5 |
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Adam lived
930 years, died |
|
-1 |
1,943 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:8 |
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Seth lived
912 years, died |
|
-1 |
1,942 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:9 |
Enos at 90 |
begat |
Cainan |
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1 |
1,943 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:10 |
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Enos lived 815 years, had sons, daughters |
6 |
11,874 branches |
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
| Gen 5:11 |
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Enos lived 905 years, died |
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-1 |
11,873 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| At
this point, the population on the earth is well into the tens of thousands
following the life and death of Enos. |
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Verse |
Patriarchs |
Birth |
Death |
Maturity |
Fruitfulness
Fi |
Population
Gi |
Birth to Death
Ratio
=M |
| Gen 5:12 |
Cainan at 70 |
begat |
Mahalalel |
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1 |
11,874 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:13 |
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Cainan lived 840 years, had sons, daughters |
6 |
71,460 branches |
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
| Gen 5:14 |
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Cainan lived 910 years, died |
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-1 |
71,459 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
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Verse |
Patriarchs |
Birth |
Death |
Maturity |
Fruitfulness
Fi |
Population
Gi |
Birth to Death
Ratio
=M |
| Gen 5:15 |
Mahalalel at 65 |
begat |
Jared |
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Mahalalel lived 830 years, had sons, daughters |
6 |
from here on the branches on the tree of life are
numbering in the hundreds of thousands
428,970 branches |
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
| Gen 5:17 |
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Mahalalel
lived 895 years, died |
|
-1 |
428,969 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| At
this point, the population on the earth is well into the hundreds of
thousands, approaching millions, following the life and death of
Mahalalel, counting only the patriarchs mentioned. |
| Gen 5:18 |
Jared at 162 |
begat |
Enoch |
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|
1 |
428,970 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:19 |
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Jared lived 800 years, had sons, daughters |
6 |
2,574,036 branches |
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
| Gen 5:20 |
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Jared lived
962 years, died |
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-1 |
2,574,035 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:21 |
Enoch at 65 |
begat |
Methuselah |
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1 |
2,574,036 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:22 |
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Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons
and daughters |
6 |
from here on the branches on the tree of life are
numbering in the millions
15,444,432 branches |
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
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| Gen 5:23
Gen 5:24 |
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Here, there
was no death. |
Enoch lived 365 years
and God took him |
Enoch did not die.
Fi =0 |
15,444,432 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:25 |
Methuselah at 187 |
begat |
Lamech |
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1 |
15,444,433 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:26 |
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Methuselah lived 782 years, had other sons, daughters |
6 |
92,666,814 branches |
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
| Gen 5:27 |
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Methuselah
lived 969 years, died |
|
-1 |
92,666,813 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| At
this point, the population on the earth is well into the hundreds of millions,
approaching a
billion, following the life and death of Methuselah. |
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Verse |
Patriarchs |
Birth |
Death |
Maturity |
Fruitfulness
Fi |
Population
Gi |
Birth to Death
Ratio
=M |
| Gen 5:28 |
Lamech at 182 |
begat |
Noah |
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1 |
92,666,814 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:30 |
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Lamech lived 595 years, had other sons, daughters |
6 |
556,001,100 branches |
Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
| Gen 5:31 |
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Lamech
lived 777 years, died |
|
-1 |
556,001,099 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| Gen 5:32 |
Noah at 500
{100 years before the Flood} |
begat |
Shem, Ham, Japheth |
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Noah is 500 years old at the birth of birth of
Shem, Ham and Japheth |
3 |
556,001,102 branches |
Gi = Fi + Gi-1 |
| It is
at this point 100 years before the flood at Noah's 500th
Birthday |
| Gen 6:1 |
And it
came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and
daughters were born unto them, |
| Gen 6:2 |
That
the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they
took them wives of all which they chose. |
| Gen 6:2 |
men began
to multiply on the face of the earth |
begatx |
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6 + + + |
at this point the branches on the tree of life are
numbering in the billions
Gi = 3,336,006,828 +++
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Gi = (M*Fi + Gi-1)*M |
| Gen 6:3 |
And
the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he
also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Note:
Immediately after
the Flood of Noah, the longevity of nine hundreds of years noted for the
pre-flood Genesis patriarchs was greatly reduced to just over a hundred
years. |
| Gen 6:4 |
There
were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons
of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them,
the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. |
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At
this point, the population on the earth is well into the billions, as it is
today!
IMPORTANT
NOTE: The
calculated POPULATION is based solely on patriarchs mentioned in the
Bible.
{Giants not counted}
Thus,
scientifically, the actual numbers must have been far greater than what is
calculated here!
According to the Book
of Matthew, Jesus spoke relating to our present times and
His coming.
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were,
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew
24:38 For as in the days that were before the
flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage,
until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
Matthew 24:39 And knew not
until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of
the Son of man be.
Here, the connection of these modern
times of tens of billions on the modern Earth is
clearly made with the Genesis Earth in the days of
Noah. |
| Herewith, the Bible, as the single authentic source,
is plainly illustrated using modern numerical analysis! |
| Gen 6:11 |
The
earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with
violence. |
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Gen
6:13 |
And
God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth
is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with
the earth. |
| Gen 6:14 |
Make
yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside
and outside with pitch. |
| Gen 6:22 |
Thus
Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did. |
| Gen 7:6 |
And
Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the
earth. |
| Gen 7:12 |
And
rain fell on the earth forty days and forty
nights. |