{"id":3877,"date":"2024-05-25T07:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T07:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/adam-to-jesus-years\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:14:26","slug":"adam-to-jesus-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/adam-to-jesus-years\/","title":{"rendered":"\u4ece\u4e9a\u5f53\u5230\u8036\u7a23\u6709\u591a\u5c11\u5e74\uff1f\u5927\u7ea6 4,000 \u5e74\u6216 5,500 \u5e74\uff0c\u5723\u7ecf\u5e76\u672a\u7ed9\u51fa\u603b\u6570"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Bible never gives the total, so any answer comes from adding up the ages in its genealogies. Using the Hebrew text, that gives about 4,000 years from Adam to Jesus, and using the Greek Septuagint about 5,500, a gap of roughly fifteen centuries. So when someone offers you one confident figure, they have chosen a text without telling you. Where 4004 BC comes from The figure many people know comes from James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, who published a\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible gives no total, but its genealogies add up to about 4,000 years by the Hebrew text and 5,500 by the Septuagint. Here is where 4004 BC comes from, and how many generations Luke lists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"series":[80],"class_list":["post-3877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-study","series-adam-and-eve"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3561,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/when-did-noah-live\/","url_meta":{"origin":3877,"position":0},"title":"When Did Noah Live? 2948 to 1998 BC by Ussher&#8217;s Count","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"24 5 \u6708, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Genesis gives ages, not dates. 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