[FormerLib]

I know just the person to ping to assure a quick response.

[FourtySeven]

Thanks! Hopefully he'll be able to help. This is truly something I'm struggling with and would like an answer.

[Jimmy Simon]

These links may help.
http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/ch/ch6_05.htm
http://www.biblehistory.webcentral.com.au/CriticalPath.htm
http://www.wyattnewsletters.com/articles/chronochart.htm

[BibChr]

Thanks for thinking of me, ping anytime -- but this has just never been an issue to me, nor of particular interest. Biblical genealogies frequently "hit the highlights," and designedly so (cf., right at the start, Genesis 5:4). In a sermon the other day, I referred to something like "our great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather Adam." My audience all knew my intent was not that they count up each "great" and deduce how long ago I believed Adam lived. Plus, it's come to be pretty well-known that the Hebrew and Greek words translated "begat" can mean "fathered," or "(ultimately) fathered" — i.e. a generation or two later.

Thanks again for the ping.

Dan