The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-03-23
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: TTRoM GENESIS.

Z Dr." Aos oS oSeAA PAVoo0u u w.
: FROM GENESIS. 49,
"Shem was hundred years old, an
begat Arphaxad two years after th
aood."-xi., 10. g <2S.~'
"Arphaxad lived five and thirty year
and begat Salah." Xxi, IL.
\ ISAIAH lived thirty years, aud beg,
Eber."-xi., IA.
"Eber lived four and thirty yearz
and begat Peleg." Xxi, l6.
"Peleg lived thirty years, and bega
Reu."-xi, 18.
.~~y "Reu lived two and thirty years, ant
begst Serug. Xxi, 20.
'serug lived thirty years, and begat
Nahor."- %.
"Nahor lived Moe and twenty years,
and bogat Terah." Xxi, "a. $500
"Terah lived seventy years, and begat
Abram."-xi., 26.
1 have thus closely followed this line
Of descent, to show that thcro are no
omissions at al, but each generation i,
marked with utmost precision. Herein
: We learn that Abram was born twc
hundred and ninety two years after tbe
Hood, and one thousand niue hundred
and forty.eight after tho creation Of
man. -...,...
T.. "And Abraham was . hundred years
old when his aon isaac was born unto
him. Xxi, 5.
"And Isaac was three score years old
VIXEN she (Rebekah) bare them (Esau
and Jacob)."-zxv., 26.
When Jacob vent down into Eqypt
with al his family, and WAS presented
before Pharaoh, being asked how old
he vas, be replied, 1.-THE days Of the
years of my pilgrimage are a hundred
and thirty years: few and evil have
the days Of the years of my life been
and have not attained unto the days
Of the years Of the life Of my fathers,
in tho daysof their pilgrimage
8.
Though the age Of each generation,
during their scjourn in Egypt, is not
given, yet We are told:
CHOW the sojoaruing Of the children
Of Israel who dwclt in Egypt was four
hundred and thirty years. Exodus,
XIII, 40.
If this sojourn be estimated from the
time Jacob, with his family, went down
into Egypt, the whole period from the
creation of Adam to that time would be
two thousand six hundred aud sixty-
eight years. But some commentators
suppose the four hundred and thirty
years to embrace the time from Abra-
hams going into Canaan to sojourn
there in obedience to Gods command,
as he was then but as sojourner and |
pilgrim there, though it was given for
the possession Of his Offspring after him !
This Interpretation would make about
two hundred and fifteen years to be de.
Quoted from that number.
After their departure from Egypt,
the Children of Israel we're sentenced
to wander forty years in the wilderness,
at the expiration Of which time they
entered upon the possession of their
promised inheritance.
"Aud when He (God) had destroyed
seven nations in the land of Canaan, He
divided thoir land to them by lot. And
after that He gave unto them judges
about the space of four hundred and
fifty years, until Samuel the pr, phet.
And afterwards they desired king,
and God gave them Saul, the son of
Cis, . man Of the tribe of benjamin. by
the space Of forty years. And when He
had removed him, he raised up unto
them David to be their king."-Ac,s,
xiii, 14.2l.
"Aud the days that David reigued
over Israel were forty years. 81 Kings,
H., II.
ether sat Solomon upon the throne
Of David his tather.''-ib IL:
"And the time that Solomon reigned
in Jerusalem, over all Isarel, was forty
years" Xxi, AZ.
In 1. Kings, vi, l, We read, "And it
came to pass in the four hundred add
elghtieth year after tho children Of
1serael were come out Of tho land of
Egypt, in the fourth year Of solomon's
reign over 1sarel, in the month Zif,
which il tho second month, that he be-
gan to build the house Of the Lord"
This differs somewhat from the APOSTLES
estimate, end no doubt results from
some different computation Of the time
Of tho judges, which he qualified by
"about.''
From this point, history goes con'in-
aously on, and We are no longer left to
the Bible alone Is our historic guide;
but Jewish history comedies With the
sacred in tracing down tho course of
events to the coming Of Christ in the
desh. However commentators may
differ in their understanding Of some Of
tho dates given in the Bible, and though
Their: ia be some difficulty in afixiug
Tho precise dates since tho Egyptian
bondage, these differences are mere tri-