Genesis - A Timeline


Want a fun math puzzle to figure out? What year after creation did the flood occur in?
All the figures you need are in Genesis 5 and 6. Do the math and see if you come out where I did.
Year A.C. (After Creation) -- Event
0 -- Creation, birth of Adam & Eve
130 -- Seth is born
235 -- Enosh is born
325 -- Kenan is born
395 -- Mahalalel is born
460 -- Jared is born
622 -- Enoch is born
687 -- Methuselah is born
874 -- Lamech is born
930 -- Adam dies a great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather.
987 -- Enoch is taken to Heaven
1042 -- Seth dies
1056 -- Noah is born
1140 -- Enosh dies
1235 -- Kenan dies
1290 -- Mahalalel dies
1422 -- Jared dies
1556 -- Shem, Ham, & Japheth are born
1651 -- Lamech dies
1656 -- Methuselah dies, Noah builds the ark, Flood comes on the 17th of the second month (Tammuz, about June or July)
1657 -- Earth is finally dry again. Noah and family leave the ark.
2006 -- Noah dies


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