LESLIE - In Enos 1:25, he states that it has been 179 years since Lehi left Jerusalem. If Enos' father, Jacob, was born approximately 595 BC, or a little earlier, then Enos would have to be extremely old. I'm a little puzzled by his age, as this is a long time after the flood when people lived to extreme ages. How could Nephi's nephew be alive 179 years after they left Jerusalem?

JOEL - Lehi left Jerusalem about 600 BC(1 Ne 2). Jacob was born at approximately 590 BC sometime in the wilderness after Lehi left Jerusalem(1 Ne 18:7). At about year 421 BC Enos said(remarking that he himself was old) it has been 179 years since Lehi left Jerusalem(600-421=179)(Enos 1:25), which would make it about 169 years since Jacob was born(590-421=169). If Jacob fathered a son(Enos) at 79 years old, and Enos lived to be 90 years old then 79+90=169. The only unusual thing about this is that Jacob would have fathered a son at a fairly old age, but with God anything is possible.

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