Q: WHAT YEAR WAS SHEM BORN?
A: IT DEPENDS WHAT CALENDAR YOU ARE USING!
On the Gregorian calendar (the one you might have on your wall) the year was 2483 BC.
On the Hebrew calendar, sometimes called the biblical calendar, the year was 1564 AM.
Genesis 5:32 New King James Version (NKJV)
32 And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
YEAR 1564 am
2483 BC
Holy Day | Start Day | End |
---|---|---|
Passover | Mon, Mar 15 | |
Unleavened Bread | Tues, Mar 16 | Mar 22 |
Pentecost | Sun, May 5 | |
Trumpets | Thurs, Aug 26 | |
Atonement | Sat, Sep 4 | |
Tabernacles | Thurs, Sep 9 | Sep 15 |
Last Great Day (8th Day) | Thurs, Sep 16 | |
THE ABOVE DATES ARE OBSERVED THE PREVIOUS EVENING, AFTER SUNSET |
Question | Answer |
---|---|
What 247 year period from creation? | 7 |
Which 19 year time cycle of the 13 in the 247 year period? | 83 |
What year in the 19 year time cycle? | 6 |
Hebrew Calendar Days | 385 |
Solar Calendar Days | 366 |
Difference between the solar and Hebrew calendars | 19 |
Difference between last year and present year | |
Last Year's Difference | -19 |
Gregorian Calendar
Hebrew Calendar
Total # of Sabbaths
Solar Calendar
Year 1564 AM (After Man)
Passover
Mar 15
Unleavened Bread
Mar 16
Mar 22
Pentecost
May 5
Feast of Trumpets
Aug 26
Day of Atonement
Sep 4
Feast of Tabernacles
Sep 9
Sep 15
Last Great Day
Sep 16
The above dates are observed the previous evening, after sunset
How many 247 Year Cycles
6
Hebrew Calendar
385
Solar Calendar
366
Which 19 year cycle
Fifth
Difference
19
Last Year
-17
Gregorian Calendar
Hebrew Calendar
Solar Calendar
Demonstration of Math
Previous YearThe below dates represent the sabbaths of each month
Next YearJan
5
Shev
4
1563
293
 
12
 
11
 
300
 
19
 
18
 
307
 
26
 
25
 
314
Feb
2
Adar
2
 
321
 
9
 
9
 
328
 
16
 
16
 
335
 
23
 
23
 
342
Mar
2
Nisan
1
 
349
 
9
 
8
 
356
 
16
 
15
81553
363
 
23
 
22
1564
5
 
30
 
29
 
12
May
4
Sivan
5
 
47
 
11
 
12
 
54
 
18
 
19
 
61
 
25
 
26
 
68
Jun
1
Tamm
3
 
75
 
8
 
10
 
82
 
15
 
17
 
89
 
22
 
24
 
96
 
29
Av
2
 
103
Jul
6
 
9
 
110
 
13
 
16
 
117
 
20
 
23
 
124
 
27
 
30
 
131
Aug
3
Elul
7
 
138
 
10
 
14
 
145
 
17
 
21
 
152
 
24
 
28
 
159
 
31
Tish
6
 
166
Sep
7
 
13
 
173
 
14
 
20
 
180
 
21
 
27
 
187
 
28
Chesh
4
 
194
Oct
5
 
11
 
201
 
12
 
18
 
208
 
19
 
25
 
215
 
26
Kis
2
 
222
Nov
2
 
9
 
229
 
9
 
16
 
236
 
16
 
23
 
243
 
23
 
30
 
250
 
30
Tev
7
 
257
Dec
7
 
14
 
264
 
14
 
21
 
271
 
21
 
28
 
278
2482 BC
28
Shev
6
 
285
Jan
4
 
13
 
292
 
11
 
20
 
299
 
18
 
27
 
306
 
25
Adar
4
 
313
Feb
1
 
11
 
320
 
8
 
18
 
327
 
15
 
25
 
334
 
22
Adar II
2
81602
341