Human Lifespans
From Eco-Bible 1
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- Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.
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- See also: The Brevity of Human Life.
- See also: Long Life
Before the Flood: lifespans tended to be around 900 years.
Immediately after the Flood: lifespans were about 440 years.
After Babel: lifespans began dropping steadily from about 230 years down to 150 years at the time Israel entered Egypt.
- Date of Babel estimated, based on statement in Genesis 10:25, about the earth being "divided."
By Moses' day (about 400 years later): lifespans tended to be 70-80 years (Psalm 90:10).
Probable factors would include:
- Change in environmental conditions after the flood
- Most of the diversity in the gene pool is lost at the Flood.
- Further shrinking of the gene pool, as small groups separate from each other.
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- Lifespans before the flood.
- Lifespans after the flood.
- Job lived 140 years after his restoration to blessing. He could lived a total of more than 200 years.
- In Moses' day: "The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years..." (Psa 90:10) This represented the normal life expectancy. (Noah himself lived longer than this - 120 years.)
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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