Date for the flood.

I come to beliefs about the past by using His word.

 

Yes, it was before Abraham, precisely 427 years before Abraham.
Jewish Calendar - How to explain the difference of exactly 240 years in the Jewish calendar? | Pure Bible Forum (and see www.sinaiticus.net )

 

Point? Hope you are not referring to duo lineages of Mary and Joseph.

 

That is how He said He hands it down. He told the disciples that He would bring all things to their remembrance. That is GOD getting it to us through human minds.

 

1 Corinthians 2:v.10-11

11 What man knoweth the things of a man, save the SPIRIT of MAN which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no MAN, but the Spirit of God.

10 But GOD hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of GOD.---THE WORD IS GOD---""" For the Word of GOD is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged Sword, ..."""Hebrews 4:v.12. He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.Revelation 19:v.13

Matthew 11:v.27
27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no MAN knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any MAN the Father, save the Son, and he TO WHOMSOEVER the Son will reveal Him.

John 17:v.1 to 3
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

2 As thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given Him.

3 And this is life eternal; they might know thee the only true GOD, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

 

Luke 3:36, ". . . Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, . . ." which was the son of Methuselah, which was the son of Enoch; which was the son of Jared; which was the son of Mahalalel; which was the son of Kenan; which was the son of Enosh; which was the son of Seth; which was the son of Adam.

 

Unless gaps completely skewed the timeframes, who cares?

 

I think that was answered by another poster. Why, are you suggesting the gospels are lies? We do find Jesus speaking in them and one of the things He says is that He would bring all things He had spoken to their memory.

 

Not sure what the problem is exactly in your view. It seems to be with Cainan and Salah. Well, since Luke is also concerned with the lineage of Mary, if her relatives in some instance was different, would that not be mentioned? If Arpaaxdad had sons named Cainan and Salah and from each of these came Mary or Joseph, would that be a problem? Must we view this as some major destruction of the timeline?

 

So what copy is wrong in truth then? Keep us posted.

 

Great, so what if they were twins, or he had 2 sons? One being the forefather of Mary, and the other of Joseph? In other words, maybe there was no reason to include the guy in the older manuscripts, but when we are tracing the ancestors of Mary in the New Testament, of course that is mentioned?

 

Looking at one site, I see this

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Both genealogies had to be recorded to establish Christ's right to rule on David's throne. Joseph's genealogy shows that Christ was a legal descendant of Jeconiah and thus legally could not sit on the throne of David in the nation Judah by inheriting the right solely through Joseph.

Further, the genealogies prove the virgin birth: The curse on Jeconiah's line would have passed on to Christ if He were Joseph's natural son, but He was not—He was the Son of God the Father, begotten by the Holy Spirit.

Jesus was Mary's son descended from Nathan. Jesus can inherit rule over Judah because of Mary's marriage to Joseph, whose genealogy shows he was Heli's son-in-law."
Why Does Jesus Have Two Different Genealogies (Matthew 1:1-16; Luke 3:23-38)?

So Luke does seem to be about Mary. What verse are you talking about for a split?