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Genesis 5, the Book of the Generations of Adam, lists the descendants of Adam from Seth to Noah with their ages at the birth of their first sons (except Adam himself, for whom his age at the birth of Seth, his third son, is given) and their ages at death (Adam lives 930 years, up to the 56th year of Lamech, father of Noah). The chapter notes ...
The genealogies of Genesis provide the framework around which the Book of Genesis is structured. [1] Beginning with Adam, genealogical material in Genesis 4, 5, 10, 11, 22, 25, 29–30, 35–36, and 46 moves the narrative forward from the creation to the beginnings of the Israelites' existence as a people.
A third son, Seth, is born to Adam and Eve, and Adam had "other sons and daughters" (Genesis 5:4). [46] Genesis 5 lists Adam's descendants from Seth to Noah with their ages at the birth of their first sons and their ages at death. Adam's age at death is given as 930 years.
The year Seth was born. Adam was 130 years old. Genesis 5:3: 4011 Ante C. 3769: The year Enosh was born. Seth was 105, Adam 235 years old. Genesis 5:6: 3921 The year Kenan was born. Enosh was 90, Seth 195, Adam 325 years old. Genesis 5:9: 3851 The year Mahalalel was born. Kenan was 70, Enosh 160, Seth 265, Adam 395 years old. Genesis 5:12: 3786 ...
There are 10 Patriarchs between Adam and the flood narrative and 10 between the flood narrative and Abraham, although the Septuagint adds an extra ancestor so that the second group of 10 runs from the flood narrative to Terah. [23] Noah and Terah each have three sons, of whom the first in each case is the most important. [24] AM 2236 Entrance ...
The book of Genesis records the descendants of Adam and Eve.The enumerated genealogy in chapters 4, 5, and 11, reports the lineal male descent to Abraham, including the age at which each patriarch fathered his named son and the number of years he lived thereafter.
The date of 4000 BC as the creation of Adam was at least partially influenced by the widely held belief that the Earth was approximately 5600 years old (2000 from Adam to Abraham, 2000 from Abraham to the birth of Christ, and 1600 years from Christ to Ussher), corresponding to the six days of Creation, on the grounds that "one day is with the ...
Genesis 5:28–31 records that Lamech was 182 [4] (according to the Masoretic Text; 188 according to the Septuagint [5]) years old at the birth of Noah and lived for another 595 [5] years, attaining an age at death of 777 [5] years, five years before the Flood in the Masoretic chronology. With such numbers in this genealogical account, Adam ...