What is in question: Genesis 5 and 11 preserve different age numbers in different textual traditions, so chronology depends on which tradition is being followed.

One reading

Use the Masoretic Text ages

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Claim: The main display uses the Masoretic Text, the traditional Hebrew text behind many Old Testament editions, unless another tradition is named.

Basis: Genesis 5:3-32 and Genesis 11:10-26 are the sections where the ages appear; the local age data is tagged by textual tradition.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

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Another reading

Account for Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch ages

contested

Claim: The Septuagint, an ancient Greek translation, and the Samaritan Pentateuch, the Samaritan form of the Torah, preserve different age figures in these chapters.

Basis: Genesis 5:3-32 and Genesis 11:10-26 are the same age lists, but the numbers differ across these textual traditions.

Who holds it: not attributed to a named source in this dataset

Verses:

Scholarly weight: The Masoretic Text is the default for most Hebrew-based Old Testament displays and for this site. The Septuagint and Samaritan Pentateuch remain important ancient witnesses, so chronology should be stated with the textual tradition named.

Graph note: The graph keeps dates and ages tradition-tagged rather than flattening them into a single chronology.

Not to be confused with the second 'Cainan' of Luke 3:36 in the Greek Septuagint tradition.