2007-02-12 15:36:09 · 14 answers · asked by STFU Dude 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Chuck Smith (founder of Calvary Chapel) would mine them for gold, but I never had the patience.
Once I was flabbergasted when he found out that Ahithophel (David's most trusted adviser who turned on him) was the grandfather of Bathsheba (the girl who David committed adultery with and had her husband killed).
There's treasure there, but I'm just not patient enough to find it.
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2007-02-12 15:43:39 · answer #1 · answered by s2scrm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE BEGATS ARE THE MOST SIMPLE THING IN THE BIBLE AND MAKES A LONG STORY SHORT
Gen.5:3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 28 is 1056 Noah born.
1056 Gen.7:6 Noah age 600 is 1656 flood year. Noah #10 son in Genealogy of Jesus.
Noah has 350 years life after flood. Gen.9:28,29; Shem has 502 years, Gen.11:10,11;
Gen.11:10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 is 222 years, at 205 Gen.11:32; Terah dies, 427
after flood.
Gen.12:4; Abraham age 75, [ dies 527 after ], at 427 after flood, gets Promised Land covenant for generation four. Exo.6:16-23,26 [ generation four Gen.15:13,16 ];
Exo.7:7; Moses age 80, Exo.12:40,41 [ 430 years ]; Gal.3:16-18; 430 years after #20 son Abraham the half million heirs that exit Egypt Empire #1, get the law 857 years after flood. Num.33:38,39; Aaron age 123, dies 40th year. Deut.34:7; Moses age 120 dies 40th year 897 years after flood and 1513 before Christ.
Joshua 5:6,10,12; 14th day in New Year, ends 40 years, 898 after flood, 1512 BC
Judges 11:26; 300 years is 1198 after flood and 1212 BC.
David #34 son is 1077 -1037 BC
From 1212 BC, it is 606 years to Daniel's prophecy in Babylon Empire #3, Jechoniah #48 son and 606 years to Jesus #62 son in genealogy, in Roman Empire #6.
BIBLE HISTORY AND WORLD HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF IN TIME MANY TIMES.
2007-02-13 00:00:43 · answer #2 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - I read through them. There are actually things that can be learned from some of the geneology given. Just think, if no one paid any attention to the begats in Chronicles - we would not have noticed the wonderful story of Jabez and all the beautiful resulting truth from it. Just one example.
2007-02-12 23:42:39 · answer #3 · answered by wd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is profit in going through them (the prayer of Jabez [though, I don't think should be universally applied as marketed] is in one such list).
While reading them one time, I started thinking about the people that were written down and the lives they led. There are hundreds of untold stories of the begat people in the Bible - it makes one wonder what they were like. However, the genealogies are important (especially when you recognize the same names in Bible stories later).
Genealogies were also important to keep for tracing lineage (such as Christ back to Adam or David).
Though they aren't always pleasant, they are Scripture, and therefore profitable.
2007-02-12 23:45:58 · answer #4 · answered by Sidewinder 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude, begatting's the best part!
2007-02-12 23:47:45 · answer #5 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I skip them unless I'm doing a specific study about them.
2007-02-12 23:41:20 · answer #6 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what kind of study I'm going for. If I'm studying family trees, no way. If I'm looking at the story of a specific person, then I just acknowledge its presence.
2007-02-12 23:39:30 · answer #7 · answered by WithUnveiledFaces 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I skip the bible.
Check your 360!
2007-02-13 00:23:15 · answer #8 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it funny how the most boring part of the Bible is one of the more entertaining parts of life?
2007-02-12 23:45:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i skip a lot more than the begat's.
2007-02-12 23:38:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋