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Re: Math in careers

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Originally Posted by ManicMechanic View Post
Math can also provide interesting insights in religious studies. For example, Genesis 5:25 (of the Bible) reports that Methuselah was 187 years old when he became the father Lamech, and Lamech was 182 when he became the father of Noah. The Flood came when Noah was 600 years old. If you add 187 + 182 + 600, you get 969, the age of Methuselah at his death. This means that Methuselah died in the year of the flood, and possibly died in the flood itself, implying that he may not have been a very righteous man.
Almost, but not quite. "Methuselah" means "dead sent" or "when he is dead, it shall be sent." Methuselah almost certainly died during the year of the flood, and probably beforehand due to his name.
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