Hey, Jim. In answer to your question above, I googled and found a reference to the patriarchal seventeens mentioned in my previous post. From "Divine Symmetries", by Victor Wilson:
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The ages of the patriarchs all have numerological value, and these values form a sequence.
Abraham is 175, the product of 7 X 5 squared. When you add the factors (7 + 5 + 5), the sum is 17.
Isaac lives to be 180, the product of 5 X 6 squared (note that the first number has been reduced by two, and the second increased by one). When you add the factors (5 + 6 + 6), the sum is 17.
Jacob lives 147 years, the product of 3 X 7 squared (note again that the first number comes down by two from Isaac - from 5 to 3 - and the second number increases by one). When you add the factors (3 + 7 + 7), the sum is 17.
Joseph doesn't quite fit into that sequence, but his age of 110 is still numerologically significant, the sum of the squares of 5, 6, and 7.
All GIGO, as far as I'm concerned; but you requested it. I'm still wondering if you're engaged in an elaborate spoof. Honestly, you are kidding, right?
