How many generations is it between 10BC and 2012AD?

Answer 1

The Bible does not give a direct answer to this common question of the length of a particular generation. However, it does leave us with some observations. When studying the Scriptures, it becomes clear that the length of a generation differs from one historic period to the next. One will soon note that the generation of the earlier history of man were longer, because people lived longer and tended to marry later in life.

One of the genealogies in the New Testament says this: "So all the generation from Abraham to David are fourteen generation, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generation, and from the captivity in Babylon until the

Christ are fourteen generation " (Matt. 1:17, NKJV). Each of these three groupings were summed up as 14 generations. However, they did not last the same number of years. In fact, the average generation in the period from Abraham to David was approximately 64 years, but the average generation from David to the Babylonian captivity and from that captivity to Christ was about 38 years.

The term " generation " may have other meanings too. The " generation " that sees Christ's return, for example, refers to all the people living at that time.

Now you may do the math with the above key.