Religion:Timeline of Genesis patriarchs

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The timeline of the Tanakh can be estimated using the ages given in Genesis. These timelines are used by some biblical scholars to estimate the age of the earth by counting back the number of years associated with each of the biblical patriarchs and adding the years together. Dates are based on the Masoretic tradition. Years are given in Anno Mundi (AM).

0 AM

  • The LORD creates Adam and Eve.[1]

130 AM

  • Adam at age 130 begets Seth.[2]

235 AM

  • Seth at age 105 begets Enosh.[3]

325 AM

  • Enosh at age 90 begets Kenan.[4]

395 AM

  • Kenan at age 70 begets Mahalaleel.[5]

460 AM

  • Mahalalel at age 65 begets Jared.[6]

622 AM

  • Jared at age 162 begets Enoch.[7]

687 AM

  • Enoch at age 65 begets Methuselah.[8]

874 AM

  • Methuselah at age 187 begets Lamech.[9]

930 AM

  • Adam dies at age 930.[10]

987 AM

  • Enoch is taken up by the LORD at age 365.[11]

1042 AM

  • Seth dies at age 912.[12]

1056 AM

  • Lamech at age 182 begets Noah.[13]

1140 AM

  • Enosh dies at age 905.[14]

1235 AM

  • Kenan dies at age 910.[15]

1290 AM

  • Mahalaleel dies at age 895.[16]

1422 AM

  • Jared dies at age 962.[17]

1556 AM

  • Noah at age 500 begets Shem, Ham, and Japheth.[18] The LORD tells Noah to build an ark to prepare for the Flood that will start in 100 years time.[19]

1651 AM

  • Lamech dies at age 777.[20]

1656 AM

  • Methuselah dies at age 969.[21]
  • Noah is 600.[22]
  • On the second month, tenth day, the LORD tells Noah to migrate in pairs into the ark[23] that had been commissioned 100 years earlier and prepare for the Flood that would start in 7 days time.[24]
  • On the second month, seventeenth day, the Flood begins[25] and lasts 150 days.[26]
  • On the seventh month, seventeenth day, the waters begin to recede[27] causing the ark to rest on Mount Ararat.[28]
  • On the tenth month, first day, the tops of the mountains can be seen.[29]

1657 AM

1658 AM

1693 AM

  • Shelah is born.

1723 AM

  • Eber is born.

1757 AM

  • Peleg is born.

1787 AM

  • Reu is born.

1819 AM

  • Serug is born.

1849 AM

  • Nahor is born.

1878 AM

  • Terah is born.

1948 AM

1958 AM

  • Sarah, Abraham's wife, is born.

1996 AM

  • Peleg dies at age 239.

1997 AM

  • Nahor dies at age 148.

2006 AM

  • Noah dies at age 950.

2026 AM

  • Reu dies at age 239

2034 AM

  • Ishmael is born.

2048 AM

  • Isaac is born.

2049 AM

  • Serug dies at age 230.

2083 AM

  • Terah dies at age 205.

2085 AM

  • Sarah dies at age 127.

2088 AM

  • Isaac is married at the age of 40 to Rebecca.

2096 AM

  • Arpachshad dies at age 438.

2108 AM

  • Jacob and Esau, who are twins, are born.

2123 AM

  • Abraham dies at age 175.

2126 AM

  • Shelah dies at age 433.

2158 AM

  • Shem dies at age 600.

2171 AM

  • Ishmael dies at age 137.

2187 AM

  • Eber dies at age 464

2228 AM

  • Isaac dies at age 180.

2238 AM

  • Jacob moves to Egypt at age 130.

2255 AM

  • Jacob dies in Egypt at age 147.

References

See also

  • Genealogies of Genesis