CHRONOLOGY OF THE PATRIARCHSFIRST PERIODFROM THE CREATION TO THE BIRTH OF TERAH.EMBRACES 1878 YEARS. | ||||
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| A.M. | Name and Events | Years | References | B.C. |
| 0 | Creation | 0 | Gen. 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. | 3884 |
| 129 | Adam at the Birth of Seth | 129 | Gen. 5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: | 3755 |
| 233 | Seth begets Enos | 104 | Gen 5:6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: | 3651 |
| 322 | Enos begets Cainan | 89 | Gen 5:9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: | 3562 |
| 391 | Cainan begets Mahalaleel | 69 | Gen 5:12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: | 3493 |
| 455 | Mahalaleel begets Jared | 64 | Gen 5:15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: | 3429 |
| 616 | Jared begets Enoch | 161 | Gen 5:18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: | 3268 |
| 680 | Enoch begets Methuselah | 64 | Gen 5:21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: | 3204 |
| 867 | Methuselah begets Lamech | 187 | Gen 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. | 3017 |
| 884 | End Stone Age Beginning of Early Bronze Age | 17 | The Age generally identified by Archeologists/Chronologists as the end of the Stone age and the start of the Bronze Age, or Early Bronze Age | 3000 |
| 929 | Death of Adam | 45 | Gen 5:5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. | 2953 |
| 980 | Ceasing of Enoch from among men | 51 | Gen 5:23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:
Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. |
2904 |
| 1040 | Death of Seth | 60 | Gen 5:8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. | 2844 |
| 1049 | Lamech begets Noah | 9 | Gen 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: | 2835 |
| 1137 |
Death of Enos |
88 |
Gen 5:11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. | 2747 |
| 1230 |
Death of Cainan |
93 |
Gen 5:13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: | 2654 |
| 1284 |
Death of Mahalaleel |
54 |
Gen 5:16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: | 2600 |
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1415 |
Death of Jared |
131 |
Gen 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: |
2469 |
| 1550 |
Birth of Shem |
135 | Gen 5:19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: | 2334 |
| 1643 |
Death of Lamech |
93 |
Gen 5:31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. | 2241 |
| 1648 | Death of Methuselah |
5 |
Gen 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. |
2236 |
| 1648 | Noah in Ark 7 days before flood 600th year 2nd month 10th day | 0 | Gen 7:10-11 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. 600th year 2nd month 10th day | 2236 |
| 1648 | 17th day of second month rain starts | 7 days | Gen 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. | 2236 |
| 1648 | 40 days and nights of rain, 27th day 3rd month | 40 days | Gen. 7:12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. till 600th year, 3rd month, 27th day | 2236 |
| 1648 | Waters on the earth 150 days, 7th month 17th day (150 days since the start of the rain.) | 3 mos. 20 days | Gen. 7:24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. 600th year 7th mo 17th day: | 2236 |
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1648 |
The ark lands on Mt Ararat, seven months, 17th day |
0 |
Gen 8:4 And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. | 2236 |
| 1648 |
The tops of neighboring mountains are seen, 10th month, first day |
2 months 23 days |
Gen 8:5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. | 2236 |
| 1648 |
Noah Opens Windows on Ark Sends the Raven and First Dove 11th month 20th day |
40 days. |
Gen 8:6-7 And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. 600th year 11th month 20th day of the month |
2236 |
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1648 |
Noah sends second Dove |
7 Days |
Gen 8:8-9 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. 600th year, 11th month 27th day | 2236 |
| 1648 | Waters are dried up, 601st year 1st mo. 1st day |
1 mo. 3 days |
Gen. 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. |
.2236 |
| 1648 | Noah leaves the ark Second month, 27th day | 1 month 27 days | Gen. 8:13 And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. | 2236 |
| 1649 | Arphaxad born 2 years after flood; Shem is 100 | 1 | Gen. 11:10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: | 2235 |
| 1683 | Arphaxad begets Saleh | 34 | Gen. 11:12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: | 2201 |
| 1712 | Saleh begets Eber | 29 | Gen. 11:14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: | 2172 |
| 1745 | Eber begets Peleg | 33 | Gen. 11:16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: | 2139 |
| 1774 | Peleg begets Reu | 29 | Gen. 11:18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: | 2110 |
| 1805 | Reu begets Serug | 31 | Gen. 11:20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: | 2079 |
| 1834 | Serug begets Nahor | 29 | Gen. 11:22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: | 2050 |
| 1862 | Nahor begets Terah | 28 | Gen. 11:24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: | 2022 |
