You set the topic, so I'll quote from it -- from the first post:
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Genesis 8 says that Noah was 601 when the flood was over (1557 years total).
Genesis 11 has the generations of Noah to Abraham (292 years from the end of the flood to Abraham or 1849 total).
Genesis 12 tells us Abraham was 75 when god made his covenant with him (1924 years)
Galatians 3 says that the Exodus happened 430 years after the covenant (2354 years).
So lets comment on YOUR topic:
First the flood was in anno 1657, NOT 1557. You made a 100 year error.
Second you conceeded already that Abraham was born when Terah was 130, after I proved it. So Abraham was born in anno 2009.
Abraham was called from Ur 5 years before Terah died, but you imply the 430 years begin when Abraham left Haran. This is another mistake you made. The key text is Exodus 12:40. The sojurn began from Ur of the Chaldees, not leaving Haran. Here is the chronology after making the corrections:
1657: Flood
2009: Abraham born
2079: Abraham called out of Ur of the Chaldees
2084: Abraham leaves Haran and goes to Canaan
2109: Isaac born when Abraham is 100, 30 years after leaving Ur.
2509: The Exodus.
The link between Abraham and the Exodus is found in Gen. 15:13, wherein it is said that from the birth of Isaac to the Exodus will be 400 years.
Now let's continue the chronology:
2509: Exodus
2549: After 40 years entry into Canaan
2549: In the fall the Torah is read marking the start of the seven year torah reading cycle, which strangely enough synchronizes with the agricultural and land reform cycles beginning at creation.
Proof: 2549/7 = 364 remainder 1. It is the first year of the cyle (i.e. the end of the seventh year, the start of the first).
Jubilee Check: 2549/49 = 52 remainder 1. It is the first year of this cycle too.
Now let's put your chrononlogy up to the test:
Your chronology: 2354 + 40 = 2394 for entry into Canaan, when Israel was told to begin counting cycles.
2394/7 = 342, i.e. the start of year 7. But Deut. 31:10 says the Torah was read at the "end of seven years"
Your chronology 2394/49 = 48 remainder 42. So this does not synchronize either.
Like I said, the key to validating the Chronology is when the land reform and agricultural cycles work out correctly, so you are just plain wrong to dismiss it as "numerology".
Let's now work out this subchronology:
2109: Isaac born
2169: Jacob born
2299: Jacob goes to Egypt at age 130 in the 2nd year of the famine.
Age-based chronology is synchronized to the spring year, while the agricultural cycle is synchronized to the fall year. So the second year of the famine is fall 2298 to fall 2299. Let us check this out:
2298/7 = 328 remainder 2. So it is the second year of the agricultural cycle. So the whole seven years of plenty synchronize with the agricultural cycle and also the seven years of famine.
Finally, the year after the last year of famine, Joseph engaged in land reform. This year was 2304:
2304/49 = 47 remainder 1. So the land reform is in the first year of the next land cycle.
And additionally, Avodah Zarah 9b says to add 1 to the era of the second temple destruction to obtain the year no. of the agricultural cycle.
The Second Temple was destroyed in A.D. 70, and so is year 1. Let us add. 1 + 1 = 2. The second temple was destroyed in 4209/4210 of the world (i.e. A.D. 70). 4209/7 = 601 remainder 2.
Creation 4140 B.C. Flood 2484 B.C
Exodus 1632 B.C. Online Chronology book:
The Scroll of Biblical Chronology
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