Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

930

0

4010BC

Adam lived 930 years.

Gen 5:5

“So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.”

Adam lived 930 years, and then he died. Did Adam live 930 years from the time he was created to the time he died, or did he live 930 years from the time he fell from Gods grace until the time he died? Genesis 5:5 says “So all the days of Adam were”. The Bible says all the days of Adam, not all the days from the time Adam fell from Gods grace. Therefore it is reasonable to assume that Adam lived 930 years from the time he was created until the day he died.
 

930

3080BC

The Bible does not tell us how long Adam lived in the Garden of Eden before the fall, nor does it tell us how old Adam was when God created Eve. How long did Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden before they fell from God’s grace, one day, one month, six months, one years, or one decade. In all the years I have heard preachers give sermons on the first three chapters of Genesis, I have never heard one ask this question. Yet it is a good question, and it is worth thinking about.

Adam and Eve had many children (Gen 5:4); the Bible only names three, Cain, Abel, and Seth. We are not told how old Adam was when Cain and Abel were born, but the Bible does document the story of Cain and Abel in Gen 4: 1-17. We are told that Cain (Adams oldest son) killed Abel (Adams second son); as a result God did not allow Cain to be part of the genetic line to Christ.

The Bible tells us that Adam and Eve had a third son which they named Seth (Gen 4:25), Adam was 130 years old when Seth was born.

Gen 5:3
“When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.”
 

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

912

130

3880BC

1042

2968BC

Seth was 105 when he had a son called Enosh (some bibles translate his name as Enos).

Gen 5:6
“And Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh.”

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

905

235

3776BC

Enosh lived 905 years.

Gen 5:11
“So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died.”
 

1140

2871BC

Enosh was 90 when he had a son called Kenan.

Gen 5:9
“And Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan.”

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

910

325

3686BC

1235

2776BC

Kenan was 70 when he has a son called Mahalalel.

Gen 5:12
“And Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel.”

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

895

395

3616BC

Mahalalel lived 895 years.

Gen 5:17
“So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety five, and he died.”
 

1290

2721BC

Mahalalel was 65 when he had a son called Jared.

Gen 5:15
“And Mahalalel lived sixty five years, and became the father of Jared.”

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

962

460

3551BC

1422

2589BC

Jared was 162 when he had a son called Enoch.

Gen 5:18
“And Jared lived one hundred and sixty two years, and became the father of Enoch.”
 

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

365

622

3389BC

Enoch lived 365 years, but did not die. He was translated or taken up by the spirit of God, see Hebrews 11:5. Note, the prophet Elijah was also translated (2 Kings 2:10-11). Also see 1 Thessalonians 4:17 and 1 Corinthians 15:51, those believers who are alive at the Rapture will be changed in a twinkling of an eye, to meet the Lord in the air. Only two people in recorded history have been translated.

Gen 5:23-24
“So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty five years. And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.”
 

987

3024BC

Enoch was 65 when he had a son called Methuselah.

Gen 5:21
“And Enoch lived sixty five years, and became the father of Methuselah.”

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

969

687

3324BC

Methuselah lived 969 years.

Gen 5:27
“So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty nine years, and he died.”

Methuselah died 1656 years after creation

1656

2355BC

Methuselah was the longest recorded living person to live on this earth, he lived 969 years. The year he died the flood came bringing judgment to the earth, only those who entered the ark were spared from Gods judgment.

His death was significant as his name means “when he dies it shall come or be sent forth”, so he was a living warning that at his death God was going to do something significant on the earth.

His birth produced a miracle, and his death brought judgement on the earth. The Bible says that Enoch his father lived 65 years before he was born. But after his birth Enoch walked with God for three hundred years. Not until Elijah the prophet would the Bible record that another person “walked with God”. It appears that the birth of his son Methuselah and the significance of the meaning of his name caused Enoch to draw closer to God.

Methuselah was 187 when he had a son called Lamech.

Gen 5:25
“Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty seven years, and became the father of Lamech.”

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

950

1056

2955BC

Noah died 2006 years after creation

2006

2005BC

When I mapped the BC years onto the timeline, it intrigued me that Noah died 2006 years after creation, which works out to be the year 2005BC. Approximately half way through the Old Testament age, this is even more significant that a couple of years after Noah died, Abraham was born.

This is the first place in scripture that we can do a check on our calculations, as the Bible gives us more information about Noah and his family.

(1) Noah was 600 years old when the flood came.

Gen 7:6
“Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth.”

Also see;

Gen 7:11
“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.”

Noah was born in the year 1056 after creation then the flood came in the year 1656, i.e. 1056 + 600 = 1656, or 2355BC. This was the year Methuselah died, we know from the meaning of his name that when he died it would come or be sent (see my comments on Methuselah).

(2) Noah lived 350 years after the flood.

Gen 9:28
“And Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood.”

Noah was born 1056 years after creation, and he was 950 years old when he died, 1056 + 950 = 2006 years after creation. Therefore, the flood occurred 2006 – 350 = 1656 years after creation, or 2355BC.

The Holy Spirit in Gen 7:11 has recorded some interesting information for us.

Gen 7:11 reads.
“In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.”

The Holy Spirit has recorded for us the exact time that the flood began, in the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month.

Compare this to Gen 8:13-16
“Now it came about in the six hundred and first year (of Noah’s life, see previous verses), in the first month, on the first of the month, the waters dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up. (14) And in the second month, on the twenty seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. Then God spoke to Noah, saying, “Go out of the ark, you and your wife, your sons and your sons’ wives with you.”

The Holy Spirit has also recorded the exact time the ark landed and the exact time Noah and his family left the ark. Noah was 600 went the flood started; Noah was 601 when the ark landed.

The flood started in the second month, the Ark landed in the first month.

The flood started on the seventeenth day of the month, the Ark landed on the first of the month.

The calendar in the ancient world consisted of 12 months, each having 30 days in each month; this gave a year of 360 days. Therefore the Ark was afloat for 10 months and 16 days. Noah and his family left the Ark, 1 year and 10 days after the flood began.

Noah was 500 when he had his first son.

Gen 5:32
“And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”

Many Bible teachers and theologians place Shem as Noah’s oldest son. They conclude this for three main reasons.

(1) Shem is mentioned first in Gen 5:32 and Gen 9:18 where Noah’s sons are listed.

(2) Shem is listed in the Bible as the son of Noah who carries on the blood line to Christ. Traditionally this is the birth right, passed on from the father to the oldest son, but on several occasions in the Bible God intervenes, and another son is chosen.

(3) Some translations of the Bible seem to have translated Gen 10: 21 incorrectly. Bibles like the RSV (Revised Standard Version), the Living Bible, and my own version NASV (New American Standard Version), appear to translate Gen10:21 incorrectly, as they imply the Shem is Noah’s oldest son.

Gen 10:21 (NASV)
“And also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born.”

The NASV verse 22 then goes on to list the descendants of Shem, but verse 21 leaves the reader with the impression that Shem was the older brother to Japheth.

Compare this to the rendering in the KJV (King James Version), which reads.

“Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the older, even to him were children given.”

And the NIV (New American Version) reads.

“Sons were also born to Shem, whose older brother was Japheth; Shem was the ancestor of all the sons of Eber.”

The KJV and NIV both state that Japheth was the older brother to Shem, and Gen 9:24 tells us that Ham is Noah’s youngest son.

Gen 9:24
“When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him.”

Therefore Shem was the middle son of the three sons born to Noah.

Why bother working all this out? The reason is important in understanding the next part of the timeline. Noah is 500 years old when Japheth is born (Gen 5:32), Noah was 502 years old when Shem was Born. Note: the Bible does not specify the age of Noah when Shem was born, however we can use scripture to calculate this, see comments on Shem.
 

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

600

1558

2453BC

Shem lived 600 years.

Gen 11:10-11
“These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arphaxed two years after the flood; and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arphaxed, and he had other sons and daughters.”

Unlike earlier passages of scripture on the genealogy, the genealogy which starts in Genesis 11 does not include a verse giving us the total number of years each person lived. We are left to do the maths ourselves.

Shem was 100 when his son Arphaxed was born, and he lived 500 years after the birth of Arphaxed. Therefore, 100 + 500 = 600 years, so all the days of Shem were 600 years.
 

Shem died 2158 years after creation

2158

1853BC

Shem was 100 years old when his son Arphaxed was born, and Arphaxed was born 2 years after the flood. Therefore Shem was 98 years old when the flood came, we know from our study of Noah that Noah was 600 years old at the flood. So, Noah was 600 – 98 = 502 years old when Shem was born, 2 years after his older brother Japheth.

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

438

1658

2353BC

Arphaxed lived 438 years.

Gen 11:12-13
“And Arphaxed lived thirty five years, and became the father of Shelah; and Arphaxed lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters.”

Thus, 35 + 403 = 438 years.
 

Arphaxed died 2096 years after creation

2096

1915BC

Arphaxed was 35 when he had a son called Shelah.
 

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

433

1693

2318BC

Shelah lived 433 years.

Gen 11:14-15
“And Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber; and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters.”

Thus, 30 + 403 = 433 years.
 

Shelah died 2096 years after creation

2126

1885BC

Shelah was 30 when he had a son called Eber.

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

464

1723

2288BC

Eber lived 464 years.

Gen 11:16:17
“And Eber lived thirty four years, and became the father of Peleg; and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters.”

Thus, 34 + 430 = 464 years.
 

Eber died 2187 years after creation

2187

1824BC

Eber was 34 when he had a son called Peleg.

Note: In the Hebrew language Eber means Hebrew, some Bibles translate Gen 10:21 using the word “Hebrew” instead of Eber. Hence the Hebrew’s are descendants of Eber.
 

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

239

1757

2254BC

Peleg lived 239 years.

Gen 11:18-19
“And Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu; and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters.”

Thus, 30 + 209 = 239 years.
 

Peleg died 1996 years after creation

1996

2015BC

Peleg was 30 when he had a son called Reu.

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

239

1787

2224BC

Reu lived 239 years.

Gen 11:20-21
“And Reu lived thirty two years, and became the father of Serug; and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters.”

Thus, 32 + 207 = 239 years.
 

Reu died 2026 years after creation

2026

1985BC

Reu was 32 when he had a son called Serug.

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

230

1819

2192BC

Serug lived 230 years.

Gen 11:22-23
“And Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor; and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters.”

Thus, 30 + 200 = 230 years.
 

Serug died 2049 years after creation

2049

1962BC

Serug was 30 when he had a son called Nahor.

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

148

1849

2162BC

Nahor lived 230 years.

Gen 11:22-23
“And Nahor lived twenty nine years, and became the father of Terah; and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters.”

Thus, 29 + 119 = 148 years.
 

Nahor died 1968 years after creation

1968

2043BC

Nahor was 29 when he had a son called Terah.

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

205

1878

2133BC

Terah died 2083 years after creation

2083

1928BC

Many Bible teachers and theologians place Abram as Terah’s oldest son. They conclude this for two main reasons.

(1) Abram is mentioned first in Gen 11:26 where Terah’s sons are listed, which reads.
“And Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.”

(2) Abram is listed in the Bible as the son of Terah who carries on the blood line to Christ. Traditionally this is the birth right, passed on from the father to the oldest son, but on several occasions in the Bible God intervenes, and another son is chosen.

What do we know about Terah’s three sons?

a) Haran becomes the father of Lot (Gen 11:27).

Haran also has at least one daughter call “Milcah” (Gen 11:29).

Haran dies in the presence of his father (Terah) in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans (Gen 11:28).

b) Nahor’s grandfathers name was also Nahor.

Nahor took a wife, who was the daughter of his brother Haran (Gen 11:29).

The name of Nahor’s wife (Haran’s daughter) was Milcah (Gen 11:29).

Nahor and Milcah had eight children, Huz (his first born), Buz, Kemuel (Gen 22:21), and then Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel (Gen 22:22). Bethuel later became the father of Rebekah (Gen 24:15, Gen 24:24), who became the wife of Isaac (Gen 24:67, Gen 25:20) Abram’s (by this time Abraham’s) second son. Bethuel was also the father of Laban (Gen 24:29, Gen 25:20, Gen 27:42-43, Gen 28:5 and others), Laban had two daughters, Leah and Rachel, who became the wives of Jacob (Gen 29:23-25, Gen 29:28), Isaac’s son. So that we do not confuse Nahor, Abram’s (Abraham’s) brother, with Nahor, Abram’s (Abraham’s) grandfather, Gen 22:23 ads “Abraham’s brother.”

Nahor and Reumah (Nahor’s concubine) had four children, Tebah, Gaham, Thahash, and Maachah (Gen 22:24).

c) Abram (Abraham) takes his half sister Sarai as his wife.
As Gen 11: 29 tells us the name of Abram’s (Abraham’s) wife.
“And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The Name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah.”

And Gen 20: 12 tells us that Sarai was Abraham’s half sister.
“Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife;”

If Abram is not the oldest son, then when was he born, and how old was Terah when he was born?

Genesis Chapter 11 ended with the death of Terah, Abram’s (Abraham’s) father. Genesis Chapter 12 starts with the call of Abram by God.

Gen 12:1-4
“(v1) Now the Lord said, ‘Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your fathers house, to the land which I will show you; (v2) and make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing; (v3) and I will bless you, and the one that curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’ (v4) So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy five years old when he departed Haran.”

Assuming that Abram (Abraham) actioned Gods command pretty much straight away and even if he didn’t we can prove that Abram was not born when Terah was 70 years old. At this time in Abram’s life Terah his father has died recently and God has instructed Abram to pack up and move to the land that he will show him.

We know that Terah, Abram’s father died at age 205 (Gen 11:32), and we know that Abram (Abraham) was at most 75 years of age when Terah died. So we can calculate how old Terah was when Abram was born.
 

Thus, 205 – 75 = 130, so Terah was at most 130 when Abram (Abraham) was born, and not 70 years of age, therefore Abram (Abraham) was not Terah’s oldest son.

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

175

2008

2003BC

Abraham died 2183 years after creation

2183

1828BC

Abraham was 86 years old when his oldest son Ishmael was born (Gen 16:16). Ishmael was born to Abraham by Hagar (Gen 16:16). Hagar was an Egyptian, and Sarai, Abraham’s wife’s maid (Gen 16:3).

Abraham was circumcised at age 99 or 2107 years after creation, or 1904BC (Gen 17:24).

Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac born (Gen 21:5), 2108 years after creation, or 1903BC.
 

2083

1928BC

2094

1917BC

2107

1904BC

2108

1903BC

General Notes

While I was preparing this, and being a computer programmer, I wrote a computer program to display and calculate the dates and times of the timeline. As I was testing the computer program I observed some things that fascinated me.

(1) Spiritually Adam was the most significant person of his age, he himself was created by God. He walked and talked with God in the Garden of Eden, and he became the genetic line that the saviour of the human race would be born from.

(2) Adam died 930 years after creation, 126 years later Noah was born. He too, is part of the genetic line to Christ and is a type of Adam, in that all human life on earth is descended from him. Noah is also a type of Christ, in that he is the saviour of the human race and escapes God’s judgment against sin on earth. Noah died at the age of 950, 2006 years after creation and 350 years after the flood.

(3) Ten generations later Abraham was born. Due to the shortening of the lifespan of the human race, fathers began to outlive their sons. Shem, Noah’s son outlived his son and his grandson. His great grandson Eber lived 464 years, but only outlived Shem by 29 years. Eber himself outlived Abraham by 4 years.

What is more significant is that Noah died 2006 years after creation (2005BC), almost exactly half way through the Old testament age, 2 years later Abraham is born 2008 years after creation (2003BC). It almost appears as if God was treading time or waiting for the appointed time, as 9 generations went by, but only 2 years elapsed on the biblical timeline.

It occurred to me that with the death of Eber the old order had passed away, with the birth of Abraham the new order began. A new covenant to bring salvation to the human race was given, and the promise of a great nation. Abraham did not live long enough to see the birth of the nation Israel, but less than 200 years later the foundation of a nation would be born. A nation that ultimately would bring salvation to the world through Jesus Christ, even though they didn’t recognise it at the time.

Age

Years From Creation:

Year BC

180

2108

1903BC

Isaac died 2288 years after creation

2288

1723BC

Isaac was 60 years old when his sons Esau and Jacob are born (Gen 25:26).

“And afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau’s heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she [Rebekah, his wife gave birth to them.”

Esau and Jacob were twins, the Bible records that Jacob was born with his hand holding the heel of his brother who was born moments before.

Isaac married Rebekah when he was 40 years old (Gen 25:20).

“and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel and Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.”

Also see Gen (25:67) which reads.
“Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and he took Rebekah, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.”

Rebekah was the sister of Laban, and the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham’s brother. That is, Rebekah was Nahor’s granddaughter, and Isaac’s cousin.

When it was time to find Isaac a wife, Abraham made a strange request. We also find the same request made when Jacob, Isaac’s son seeks a wife. In the beginning of Genesis Chapter 24, Abraham is asking his servant to go to his country (Ur of the Chaldeans) and find his son a wife (Gen 24:4). He makes his servant promise that he will not let his son marry or take a Canaanite girl as a wife (Gen 24:3). And in Genesis Chapter 28 Verses 1 and 2, we read how Isaac is instructing his son Jacob to go to Paddan-aram the house of Bethuel.

Gen 28:1-2
“(v1) So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, ‘You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.’ (v2) ‘Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother’s brother’.”

Both Abraham and Isaac were concerned that their sons did not take wives from the Canaanites, but gave instructions that they take wives from a specific branch of the family. Why was this? Were Abraham and Isaac racist?

No! Abraham and Isaac were not racists. There is another explanation; Genesis Chapter 9 Verses 20 to 27 tells how after the flood Noah established a vineyard. When the grapes of his vineyard were ready, Noah made some wine and celebrated. Apparently he drank a little too much and became drunk, and laid in his tent naked. Ham, Noah’s youngest son saw his nakedness, in so doing dishonoured his father, as he boasted about it to his two older brothers. After hearing his boasts Shem and Japheth took a garment, walked backwards into their father’s tent and covered his nakedness, thus restoring their father’s honour.

When Noah awoke the next day, he knew what his youngest son had done. The Spirit of prophecy came on Noah, Genesis 9:25 – 27 records the words he spoke.
 

Gen 9:25-27
“(v25) So he said, ‘Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brothers.’ (v26) He also said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant. May God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant.’”

Why did the Holy Spirit choose to curse or prophesy against Canaan when Ham had other sons who were not included? Some commentators have suggested that maybe Canaan was involved with his father in dishonouring of Noah.

Perhaps Noah was not cursing Canaan, but the Holy Spirit took this opportunity to foretell the future destiny of Canaan’s descendants. Canaan became the father of the Canaanites, who settled in the land of Canaan, the land God promised to Abraham and his descendants. As we do not have a date for this event, somewhere between 900 to 1000 years latter the children of Israel would enter the land of Canaan after leaving Egypt and spending 40 years wandering in the wilderness. Before entering the Promised Land (land of Canaan), the children of Israel were commanded to drive out, dispossess, or destroy the inhabitants of the land (the Canaanites) and possess their land (Num 33:51-53).

Numbers 33:51-53
“(v51) Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you cross over the Jordon into the land of Canaan, (v52) then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figure stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places; (v53) and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.’”

So back to my question, why did Abraham and Isaac not want their sons to marry Canaanite woman?

If Isaac and Jacob had taken Canaanite wives, then their descendants would have been the servants of servants. How could Christ be the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords if he was destined to be the servant of servants? Therefore, two of Noah’s son’s blood lines had to stay pure so as to provide a pure genetic path to Christ.

As history progressed, most of the Canaanites were destroyed or died out. As a result Christ may never have been born, if he had been descended from the Canaanites.

Note: The Israelites failed to drive out or destroy the Canaanites in three regions of the land of Canaan. Num 33:55 contains a warning to the children of Israel, Num 33:55 warns of the consequences of failing to driving out or dispossess the Canaanites.
 

Num 33:55
“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your side, and they shall trouble you in the land in which you live.”

It is interesting that the three regions where the children of Israel failed to drive out the inhabitants of the land of Canaan are the three trouble spots in Israel today. The three trouble spots today are the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights.

In summing up this chapter there are some observations we can make. There are 10 generations from Adam to Noah, spanning 2006 years. There are 10 generations from Shem (Noah’s son) to Abraham, spanning 625 years. Therefore, there are 20 generations from Adam to Abraham, spanning 2183 years.
 

There is another interesting insight hidden or encoded into the genealogy of the first ten generations which I would like to share with you.  I cannot claim the credit for this particular insight as one of my Bible College lectures shared it with our class one morning, it can also be found in the book called “COSMIC CODES” by Chuck Missler.  If we take the names of the first ten generations and write their meaning next to them, we find that they make a message when read one after another as a sentence.

• Adam - means: Man
   

• Seth - means: Appointed
   

• Enosh - means: Mortal
   

• Kenan - means: Sorrow
   

• Mahalalel - means: The Blessed God
   

• Jared - means: Shall come down
   

• Enoch - means: Teaching
   

• Methuselah - means: His death shall bring
   

• Lamech - means: The despairing
   

• Noah - means: Rest or comfort
  
  So if we put all this together we get the following.
  
  Man is appointed mortal sorrow, but the blessed God shall come down teaching that His death shall bring the despairing rest.

  
  
  The descendants of Terah