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Posted By admin on March 21, 2020

Ashkenazic Jews are European Jews, who are said to be descendedfrom Ashkenaz, great grandson of Noah. ( Ashkenazi was the son ofGomer, who was the son of Japeth, who was the son of Noah).

The Bible does not say when Ashkenaz died, but Barry Setterfieldhas dated the death of Ashkenaz's cousin Shelah (anothergreat-grandson of Noah) at 1769BC (when he was 403 years old) andassuming the great-grandsons lived to approximately the same ages,Ashkenaz would probably have lived to be about 400 years old also.He has dated the birth of Shelah's eighth-generation descendant,Jacob (later re-named Israel), at 1787BC and the date of hismarriage at 1710BC, by which time Ashkenaz would have probablydied.

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Ashkenaz and Shelah were from different branches of the family(Ashkenaz's grandfather was Gomer, but Shelah's was Shem) soAshkenaz was unrelated to the tribes of Israel. Besides, the twelvesons of Israel after whom the tribes are named hadn't even beenborn yet.

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