Mind-Benders of Jewish History
Avraham Avinu was born closer to the Mabul than to Matan Torah
By traditional Jewish chronology, Avraham Avinu was born in the year 1948 from Creation — only about 290 years after the Mabul, but a full 500 years before Matan Torah at Har Sinai. The first of the Avos stood closer in time to the waters of the Flood than to the day his descendants would receive the Torah.
How we know
Seder Olam: Mabul 1656 AM (c. 2105 BCE); Avraham born 1948 AM (1813 BCE); Matan Torah 2448 AM (1313 BCE). Flood→Avraham = 292 years; Avraham→Sinai = 500 years.
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