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<p>Thanks, RMB, for posting that article. Re the views of R. Moses Ibn Tibbon, et al, who don't take those ages literally on a single person -- is that (along the lines of an off-line conversation we had) a "kosher view" these days? Or, is it one of those views that, the way R Noson Slifkin puts it: they are allowed to have those views, but we aren't?</p>
<p>On a different, but related issue, to the chevra:</p>
<p>The list of generations in parshas Bereshis are generally of the form:</p>
<ul>
<li>X was 50 years old when he fathered Y.</li>
<li>X lived 450 years after he fathered Y and had sons and daughters</li>
<li>X lived to the age of 500 years.</li>
</ul>
<p>Doesn't that seem a bit redundant? And, in fact, most (all?) of the generations listed in parshas Noach skip the third phrase.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>-- Sholom</p>
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