The Twelve Books of Genesis

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The Twelve Books of Genesis
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Timeline of Biblical History
The Twelve Books of Genesis
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These are the generations

• Gen. 24 These are the generations of the heavens
  and the earth
• Gen. 51 This is the book of the generations of
  Adam.
• Gen. 69 These are the generations of Noah
• Gen. 101 Now these are the generations of the
  sons of Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth.
• 7 others 1110, 1127, 2512, 2519,
  361, 369, 372

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P. J. Wiseman
New Discoveries in Babylonia About Genesis (1936)
On the Web search for Wiseman colophon"
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Cuneiform Tablets
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Sequencing the Tablets
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These are the generations

• generations is toledoth a special word used
  in Genesis only 13 times - 11
  colophons (and 2 times in conjunction (1032 and
  2513) - also used in Exodus, Numbers,
  Ruth and 1 Chronicles
• Does NOT mean These are the descendants of
  The general word for generation is dor
  (110 times)
• Means begettal, origins of, historical
  beginning of These are the historical
  beginnings of

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