Fun Bible Facts

[YahwehIsTheWay]

52 children over a span of 110 to 900 years PER GENERATION with multiple partners is not an unreasonable number. Tell me you could not do this if given a nearly 1000 years with no internet, girly mags or any "other outlets" for yourself. Infact if you truly think about it That number maybe low.

I guess you keep missing the fact that the Bible says it's impossible without a miracle from our Lord to have a child after the age of 70 or so. I don't know how it's not sinking in, given that I've twice cited the verses in Genesis in question.

Also, your figure of living 900 years was only for the generations prior to the flood. After the flood, people only lived to be around 180 years.

Prior to the flood:

Seth: 912 Years (Gen 5:8)
Enos: 905 Years (Gen 5:11)
Cainan: 910 Years (Gen 5:14)
Mahalaleel: 895 Years (Gen 5:17)
Jered: 962 Years (Gen 5:20)
Methuselah: 969 Years (Gen 5:27)
Lemech: 777 Years (5:31)
Noah: 950 Years (9:29)

After the flood:

Abraham: 175 Years (Gen 25:7)
Ishmael: 137 Years (Gen 25:17)
Isaac: 180 Years (Gen 35:28)
Jacob: 147 Years (Gen 47:28)

So after the flood, people only lived a short 150-180 years. Still, fertility was limited such that a 90 year old woman giving birth was laughable:

Gen 18:13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

So living to be 180 doesn't mean anything in terms of population growth if fertility is still limited. Hence, the Jewish population explosion was a miracle (as Sarah's child that she bore at such an old age was a miracle).