Just go. Leave it all behind and go. I believe you are a Christian, but you are saying nothing. Just take a step back and you will see it.
On the original topic, the fact that the Samaritan version also has different ages would argue against the Hebrew to Greek changes being entirely a matter of deliberately matching a zodiacal system. The comparison between the numbers of returnees in the list in Ezra, in Nehemiah, and in 1 Esdras is a classic example of the difficulty in accurately copying a bunch of numbers. While I accept that God has ensured the preservation of the text, certainly there are many minor textual details that evidently were not essential to preserve a clear answer to.
The ages in Genesis have many peculiarities that do suggest that they are not literal numbers of years. Certain astronomically significant numbers turn up. The distribution of numbers is rather non-random. Several suggestions exist for how they came to be. The fatal problem for YEC interpretation is not that we have a definitive answer to where the numbers come from, but rather that serious efforts to study the text and to try to understand what it means indicate that a simplistic reading of the text as if it were modern scientific and historical narrative is not being true to the Bible. Much not so good biblical scholarship makes the same sort of error, imposing various modern interpretations. Plenty of better biblical scholarship exists. Popular claims (e.g., Wikipedia) about supposed general agreement of scholars on a position are often inaccurate. Unsurprisingly, Wikipedia itself is more likely to capture some of the range of views about the main topic of an article than in a comment invoking suiposed consensus in support of something else.
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I followed some of the links and it sure looked technical to me.
Hebrew would have been the main language until the 4th century BC. Greek became widespread in the 3rd-2nd century BC. When are you assuming the Torah was written?
There was no âBibleâ in 250 BC and by then Greek would have been taking over. 
Sorry but this makes no sense.
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You can always start your own blog, and run it however you see fit.
Mutual. I accept that you are a Christian as well.
Most of my post was quoting verses demonstrating word usage. Scripture says nothing?
OK. Bye for now.
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During what time period? The Torah was compiled 6th-5th century BC. Hebrew was a living language then. Aramaic became dominant after the Exile period, but itâs closely related to Hebrew.
Thatâs a bizarre interpretation of the text. Again, itâs basically saying you have to make restitution for damaging your neighborsâ property, itâs not offering a novel courtship plan.
No one is forcing you to participate. It seems like you are confused about the nature of discussion forums.
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