"Genesis 5 and 11 reveal that there were about 2,000 years between Adam and Abraham. Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-17) begins with Abraham and culminates with Christ, which spanned ...

Next the Lucan gospel traces Jesus' genealogy back to Adam in order to show the universality of the salvation which he brings. Luke is the only gospel writer who tells the parables of the prodigal ...