Timeline of Genesis patriarchs

The timeline of the Tanakh can be estimated using the ages given in Genesis and Jubilees. Starting with the creation of Adam and adding the information when his son was born, the age of his son, etc. this gives a timeline from Adam's creation to the death of Jacob 2255 years later (according to the Masoretic text, the Septuagint timeline is significantly longer). 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.

  • 1 - Adam (generation 1) is created.[1]
  • 130 - Adam and Eve receive a son, Seth (generation 2)
  • 235 - Enosh is born (generation 3)
  • 325 - Kenan is born (generation 4)
  • 395 - Mahalaleel is born (generation 5)
  • 460 - Jared is born (generation 6)
  • 622 - Enoch is born (generation 7)
  • 687 - Methuselah is born (generation 8) "Methuselah" can be translated "when he dies it comes".
  • 874 - Lamech is born (generation 9)
  • 930 - Adam dies, aged 930
  • 987 - Enoch taken up by God (did not die [Gen5:24]), aged 365
  • 1042 - Seth dies, aged 912
  • 1056 - Noah is born (generation 10)
  • 1140 - Enosh dies, aged 905
  • 1235 - Kenan dies, aged 910
  • 1290 - Mahalaleel dies, aged 895
  • 1422 - Jared dies, aged 962
  • 1556 - Noah has three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth (generation 11)
  • 1651 - Lamech (Noah's father) dies, aged 777
  • 1656 - Methuselah dies the same year as the flood comes, aged 969
  • 1658 - Arpachshad is born (generation 12)
  • 1693 - Shelah is born (generation 13)
  • 1723 - Eber is born (generation 14)
  • 1757 - Peleg is born (generation 15)
  • 1787 - Reu is born (generation 16)
  • 1819 - Serug is born (generation 17)
  • 1849 - Nahor is born (generation 18)
  • 1878 - Terah is born (generation 19)
  • 1948 - Abraham is born (generation 20)
  • 1958 - Sarah, Abrahams wife, is born
  • 1996 - Peleg dies, aged 239 - this is the first death mentioned in the Bible after the flood
  • 1997 - Nahor dies, aged 148
  • 2006 - Noah, generation 10 after Adam, dies at the age of 950
  • 2026 - Reu dies, aged 239
  • 2034 - Ishmael is born (generation 21)
  • 2048 - Isaac is born (also generation 21)
  • 2049 - Serug dies, aged 230
  • 2083 - Terah dies, aged 205
  • 2085 - Sarah dies, aged 127
  • 2088 - Isaac is married at the age of 40, to Rebecca
  • 2096 - Arpachshad dies, aged 438
  • 2108 - Jacob is born, with his twin Esau (generation 22)
  • 2123 - Abraham dies, aged 175
  • 2126 - Shelah dies, aged 433
  • 2158 - Shem dies, aged 600
  • 2171 - Ishmael dies, aged 137
  • 2187 - Eber dies, aged 464
  • 2228 - Isaac dies, aged 180
  • 2238 - Jacob moves to Egypt at the age of 130
  • 2255 - Jacob dies in Egypt, aged 147

References
  1. Charles, R.H. (2012). The Book of Jubilees. ePub: Forgotten Books. p. 55. ASIN B008HTK6SM.

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