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CSFlim -- Yes, but that assumes that they didn't skip any generations. From what I've heard, the hebrew used in these genealogical sequences can make it either father - son or father -descendant. And, of course, that only works if the universe was created in six days. Theologians have been interpreting Genesis one allegorically at least since St. Thomas, so why can't we?
Oh, and probably billions of years.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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