Genesis Data
               Rachel's Calculus Poem
               Data on historical methods of Satan(?)

SOME DATA FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS:

Ages of descendants of Adam follow an intersting pattern. There appears to be a "close to 1000" year life span era, including Methusela and ending with Noah, followed by a "close to 500" year era to Peleg, then a close to 250" year life span which degrades(?) down sort of slowly. The 1000 year era changes at Noah and the flood. The 500 year era changes with Peleg, "in his days was the earth divided [Genesis 10 and I Chronicles]". Traditionally, this has meant the scattering of people of the earth after the tower of Babel, but in light of the modern idea of the breakup of the supercontinent,perhaps the idea should be reconsidered.

The almost exact halving of the life spans seems a little too improbably neat for me to feel comfortable, but what then what the heck.

Genesis Lifespan Data

 Ages of Earlier Men 

                           Age when       Percent
              Lifespan     First Son      Lifespan 
Person        (years)      Born           of "Era"
********     **********    **********     *********
           (Almost 1000 year Era)
Adam          930           130           93 
Seth          912           105           91  3rd son 
Enos          905           90            91
Cainan        910           70            91
Malaleel      895           65            90
Jared         962           162           96
Enoch         365...        65            37  translated
Methuselah    969           187           97
Lamech        777           182           78
Noah          950           500           95 
 
            (Almost 500 year Era)
Shem          ~600          100           100+(not firstborn)(lived 500 years after flood)
Arphaxad      ~438          35            88 
Salah         ~433          30            87 
Heber         ~467          34            93  

            (Almost 250 year Era)
Peleg         ~239          30            95  "in his days was the earth divided"
Reu           ~239          32            95   
Sarug         ~230          30            92
Nahor         ~148          29            59
Terah         ~205          70            82
Abram         175           (86/100)      70  Abraham

 However, the slow decline of lifespan, and the lowering of the age when having the first son 
gives the data an intuitive feel of correctness to me. 

CHARACTERISTICS OF SATAN (?)

Nominal Characteristics of Satan as listed in various parts of
the bible: (note: I really don't view Satan in exactly the 
popular way.  There are some things which suggest that he may be 
as evil as is popularly believed but because I don't understand 
his exact nature, I prefer to reserve comment)

1.  destroyer
2.  liar
3.  murderer
4.  anti-semetic
5.  anti-"seed of the woman"
6.  accuser

Also there are recurring themes and temptations recorded.
For instance, in the garden of Eden, the serpent stated that 
Eve would not die if she ate of the fruit of the tree of
knowledge of good and evil,and that she and Adam would be like
gods.  Which I take as an example of man-godism.
   There are also other temptations, and methods of attack 
which have been historically used, sometimes repeatedly.
Also there are some new approaches.  But nevertheless, it seems 
worthwhile to remember the classics. 


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