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Are years in the Bible supposed to be shorter?

I've just started reading the Bible and it keeps saying that people lived 700 years, or 900 years.

I know nothing about it, so I was wondering if the years were supposed to be shorter, because how could so many people believe the Bible if it says stuff like that in it?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Fiction is Fiction

  • 1 decade ago

    No.

    >because how could so many people believe the Bible if it says stuff like that in it?

    Because there is no scientific reason to believe that age span could not have differed in the past.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Lets all get religous and commit insestuous relationships, kill anyone who doesnt agree with us, (around 25 million) make storys bout turning things into wine, eat our god and drink his blood, oh, and kill anyone who wears polyester/cotton mix!

  • 1 decade ago

    No people really lived that long. Due to the fact no pollution, no bad food, water, ect. the earth was a very clean pure new place at that time. Now your very lucky to hit 100.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yah.... it's a poorly written thing.

  • jen
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    No time for Gen.1:1,2; Job 38:4-7,30-32[angels]; Gen.1:3-25; God's day 4, of

    seasons, years and days given plant life along with more light through the

    water shield around that gone earth that was sustaining life long after all

    all born in sin, the new heavens and earth will also, Rev.21:1-5. At time,

    God's day 7 ends, Gen.2:2-4, all days will be one day, Heb.4:1-12, Last day

    with John 6:44; 14:3; Rev.3:12, for Rev.20:1-6, Christ Jesus 1000 yr reign.

    Adam Gen.1:26, to Son #7, Jude 14,15. Noah son #10, flood yr 1656, violence

    669 yrs, Abraham son #20 in genealogy of Jesus, Matt.1:1-17; Heb.11:1-40.

    Adam-130,105,90,70,65,162,65,187,182= 1056 Noah born.

    Gen.5:3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18,21,25,28-Noah born, Gen.7:6, age 600, flood,

    yr 1656, Noah dies yr 2006.

    Shem at 2, 35, 30, 34, 30, 32, 30, 29= 222nd yr, Terah born, dies yr 2083.

    Gen.11:10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24= Terah born, dies age 205, Gen.11:32.

    Yr 0130, at Adam, Cain kills Abel, Seth is born. He dies age 930, Gen.5:5.

    Yr 0130, at Seth, plus 105( he dies age 912, Gen.5:8, yr 1042).

    Yr 0235, at Enos, Plus 090( he dies age 905, Gen.5:11, yr 1140).

    Yr 0325, at Cainan, plus 70( he dies age 910, Gen.5:14, yr 1235).

    Yr 0395, at Mahalaleel, plus 65(he dies age 895, Gen.5:17, yr 1290).

    Yr 0460, at Jared, plus 162(he dies age 962, Gen.5:20, yr 1422).

    Yr 0622, at Enoch, plus 65(he dies age 365, yr 987, Gen.5:23,24, Adam 930).

    Yr 0687, at Methuselah, plus 187(he dies age 969, Gen.5:27, yr 1656).

    Yr 0874, at Lamech, plus 182(he dies age 777, Gen.5:31, yr 1651). Gen.9:28,29,

    Yr 1056, at Noah[age 600 flood, Gen.7:6, yr 1656(age 950, dies, yr 2006 -^-).

    Yr 1558, at Shem, plus 100(he dies age 600, yr 2158, 25 yrs before Abraham).

    Yr 1658, at Arphaxad, plus 35( he dies age 483, year 2141-Shem 2158).

    Yr 1693, at Salah, plus 30(he dies age 433, year 2126, Shem 2158).

    Yr 1723, at Eber, plus 34(he died age 464, year 2187, Shem 2158).

    Yr 1757, at Peleg, plus 30(he dies age 239, year 1996, Shem 2158).

    Yr 1787, at Rue, plus 32(he dies age 239, year 2026, Shem 2158).

    Yr 1819, at Serug, plus 30(he dies age 230, year 2049, Shem 2158).

    Yr 1849, at Nahor, Plus 29, yr 222nd at Terah(he dies age 148, year 1997].

    Yr 1878, at Terah(dies age 205, year 2083, Abraham age 75 son #20, Gen.12:4.

    Yr 2083, at Abraham's covenant, Gen.15:13[400th yr]16[4th gen], 18[to land].

    Yr 2108, at Isaac born, Gen.21:5; yr 2113, Ishmael departs, Isaac is heir.

    Yr 2288, at Isaac dead. Gen.35:28,29, Jacob age 120, 130, 147, Gen.47:9,28.

    Yr 2315, at Joseph age 57 in Egypt, dies age 110, Gen.50:22-26, end Genesis.

    Yr 2368, at 1698 BCE.

    Source(s): Bible.
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