Timeline of Genesis patriarchs

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).

1 AM Edit
The LORD creates Adam and Eve.[1]
130 AM Edit
Adam at age 130 begets Seth.[2]
235 AM Edit
Seth at age 105 begets Enosh.[3]
325 AM Edit
Enosh at age 90 begets Kenan.[4]
395 AM Edit
Kenan at age 70 begets Mahalaleel.[5]
460 AM Edit
Mahalalel at age 65 begets Jared.[6]
622 AM Edit
Jared at age 162 begets Enoch.[7]
687 AM Edit
Enoch at age 65 begets Methuselah.[8]
874 AM Edit
Methuselah at age 187 begets Lamech.[9]
930 AM Edit
Adam dies at age 930.[10]
987 AM Edit
Enoch is taken up by the LORD at age 365.[11]
1042 AM Edit
Seth dies at age 912.[12]
1056 AM Edit
Lamech at age 182 begets Noah.[13]
1140 AM Edit
Enosh dies at age 905.[14]
1235 AM Edit
Kenan dies at age 910.[15]
1290 AM Edit
Mahalaleel dies at age 895.[16]
1422 AM Edit
Jared dies at age 962.[17]
1556 AM Edit
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 Edit
Lamech dies at age 777.[20]
1656 AM Edit
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 Mt. Ararat.[28]
On the tenth month, first day, the tops of the mountains can be seen.[29]
1657 AM Edit
Noah is 601.[30]
1658 AM Edit
Arpachshad is born.
1693 AM Edit
Shelah is born.
1723 AM Edit
Eber is born.
1757 AM Edit
Peleg is born.
1787 AM Edit
Reu is born.
1819 AM Edit
Serug is born.
1849 AM Edit
Nahor is born.
1878 AM Edit
Terah is born.
1948 AM Edit
Abraham is born
1958 AM Edit
Sarah, Abraham’s wife, is born.
1996 AM Edit
Peleg dies at age 239.
1997 AM Edit
Nahor dies at age 148.
2006 AM Edit
Noah dies at age 950.
2026 AM Edit
Reu dies at age 239
2034 AM Edit
Ishmael is born.
2048 AM Edit
Isaac is born.
2049 AM Edit
Serug dies at age 230.
2083 AM Edit
Terah dies at age 205.
2085 AM Edit
Sarah dies at age 127.
2088 AM Edit
Isaac is married at the age of 40 to Rebecca.
2096 AM Edit
Arpachshad dies at age 438.
2108 AM Edit
Jacob and Esau, who are twins, are born.
2123 AM Edit
Abraham dies at age 175.
2126 AM Edit
Shelah dies at age 433.
2158 AM Edit
Shem dies at age 600.
2171 AM Edit
Ishmael dies at age 137.
2187 AM Edit
Eber dies at age 464
2228 AM Edit
Isaac dies at age 180.
2238 AM Edit
Jacob moves to Egypt at age 130.
2255 AM Edit
Jacob dies in Egypt at age 147.
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