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4004 B.C.
 | God created this world. Adam and
Eve were His finishing touch. Gen.1 |
| The seven-day weekly cycle was
established. Gen. 2:2 |
| The seventh-day Sabbath (rest)
was instated. Gen. 2:1-3 |
| Evil entered this world. Gen. 3 |
| A deliverer was promised. Gen.
3:15 |
| Adam and Eve's first two
children, Cain and Abel, were born. Gen. 4:1-2 |
| The first murder was committed.
Cain killed Abel and then moved to the eastern land of Nod. Gen.
4:3-16 |
3900 B.C.
| Cain's first child, Enoch, was
born. Enoch fathered sons and daughters. No dates or years were
given in the line of Cain. Many discoveries and inventions were
ascribed to the mental activity of Cain's posterity. |
| Seth was born to Adam and Eve.
Seth lived 912 years and fathered sons and daughters. Seth carried
on Adam's godly family line. |
| Cain's first grandchild, Irad,
son of Enoch was born. |
3800 B.C.
| Seth's first son, Enos, was
born. Enos lived 905 years and fathered sons and daughters.
According to Arabian tradition Enos prohibited intermarriages with
the Cainites (descendants of Cain). |
| Cain's great grandchild,
Mehujael, son of Irad was born. |
3700 B.C.
| Seth's first grandchild, Cainan,
son of Enos was born. Cainan lived 910 years and fathered sons and
daughters. (The Arabians have a tradition respecting Cainan that he
held universal empire, and was celebrated for his wisdom and
miraculous powers.) |
| Cain's great-great grandchild,
Methusael, son of Mehujael was born. |
| Seth's great grandchild,
Mahalaleel, son of Cainan was born. Mahalaleel lived 895 years and
fathered sons and daughters. |
3600 B.C.
| Cain's great-great-great
grandchild, Lamech, son of Methusael was born. (Lamech married two
wives making him the first polygamist on record.) |
| Seth's great-great grandchild,
Jared, son of Mahalaleel was born. Jared lived 962 years and
fathered sons and daughters. (According to an ancient Arabian
tradition Jared was the first of the line of Seth who broke through
the command of Enos, which prohibited intermarriage with the
Cainites that tended greatly to the obliteration of every moral and
religious principle. Genesis 6:1-2 |
| Lamech's children were born:
Tubal-cain (" He was a furbisher of every cutting instrument of
copper and iron." The "VULCAN" of the Greeks.) Gen.
4:22, Jabal (father of cattle men.) Gen 4:20, Jubal (father of all
who handle the harp and organ.) Gen. 4:21 and Naamah (a daughter
whose name means loveliness.) |
3500 B.C.
| Intermarriage of the godly
descendants of Seth and the ungodly descendants of Cain began.
Genesis 6:1-2 |
| Immorality, violence and
godlessness increased. |
| Adam, Seth, Enoch, Cainan,
Mahalaleel and Jarad continued communicating with their descendants.
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| Adam talked with Seth 800 years,
with Enos 695 years, Cainan 605 years, Mahalaeel 535 years, Jared
470 years, Enoch 308 years, Methuselah 243 years and with Lamech 56
years. |
3400 B.C.
| Seth's great-great-great
grandchild, Enoch, son of Jared was born. Enoch lived 365 years and
fathered sons and daughters. ("The Arabian name of Enoch is
Edris, and their traditions of him are that he was an eminent
astronomer, mathematician and prophet of God.") |
| Seth's great-great-great-great
grandchild, Methuselah, son of Enoch was born. Methuselah lived 969
years, making him the oldest of the ancient ones, and the oldest man
to ever live. (Methuselah's name means, "At his death, it will
come." Methuselah died the year of the flood.) Methuselah
fathered sons and daughters. |
| After Methuselah's birth, the
Bible records that Enoch developed an especially close relationship
with God leading to his translation to heaven at the age of 365.
"And Enoch walked with God 365 years and begat sons and
daughters," Gen. 5:22 "And he was not for God took
him." Gen. 5:24 |
3300 B.C.
| The marriage of brother and
sister was common until prohibited by the Law of Moses in 1491 B.C.
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| "It is said of Seth and his
posterity that they were very good and virtuous, and very happy,
without any considerable misfortunes for seven generations."
Josephus |
| "Seth and his posterity
were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is
concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order." Josephus |
3200 B.C.
| The Cainites held greater and
greater influence over the godly descendants of Seth as
intermarriage became more and more pervasive. Gen. 6:1-2 |
| Violence, debauchery and
immorality characterized a growing percentage of human society. Gen.
6:1-2,4-5, 11 |
| Seth's
great-great-great-great-great grandchild, Lamech, son of Methuselah
was born. Lamech lived 777 years and fathered sons and daughters.
Lamech was the first man on record who died a natural death before
his father. Lamech was able to talk with Adam 56 years (He learned
of the Garden of Eden, etc., directly.), his grandsons Japheth, Shem
and Ham 98 years, and thus became the intervening link that could
bring the eyewitness history from the "Creation" to the
death of Shem after the flood. This was a period of 2158 years. |
3100 B.C.
| Methuselah talked with Seth 355
years, Enos 453 years, Cainan 548 years, Mahalaleel 603 years, Jared
735 years and with Enoch 300 years. |
| Adam died at the age of 930.
(3474 B.C.) |
| Enoch was translated in 3017
B.C. at the age of 365. |
3000 B.C.
| Seth died at the age of 912.
(2962 B.C.) |
| Seth's
great-great-great-great-great-great grandchild, Noah, son of Lamech
was born. Noah lived 905 years and fathered three sons. |
2900 B.C.
| Enos died at the age of 905.
(2864B.C.) |
| With intermarriage now common,
the Cainites held pervasive influence over the godly descendants of
Seth. High moral, social and religious principles were fast becoming
extinct. |
| Violence, debauchery and
immorality now characterized almost the entirety of human society.
Gen. 6:11 |
2800 B.C.
| Noah talked with Cainan 179
years, Mahalaleel 243 years, Jared 366 years and with Lamech 595
years. |
| Cainan died at the age of 910.
(2769 B.C.) |
| Mahalaleel died in 2714 B.C. at
the age of 895. |
2700 B.C.
| Wickedness continued to
increase. The great ages of the people allowed for an unparalleled
pool of united experience, appetite and imagination applied to any
given pursuit. |
2600 B.C.
| Jared died at the age of 962.
(2582 B.C.) |
| Society essentially became
corrupt. Only a few godly people remained. |
2500 B.C.
| Noah's sons were born. Shem the
elder son carried on Seth's godly line. Shem lived 600 years and
fathered five sons. Shem was 98 at the time of the flood. Gen. 10:21
Japheth, the middle son, fathered seven sons. And Ham, the younger
son, fathered four sons. Gen. 9:24 |
| Noah was called to build the ark
and warn of the coming flood. (Circa. 2466 B.C.) Gen. 6 |
| Noah began 120 years of
prophesying about the coming flood. God asked him to conduct this
warning for humanity. |
2400 B.C.
| Lamech died five years before
the flood at the age of 777. (2353 B.C.) |
| Methuselah died shortly before
the flood at the age of 969. (2348 B.C.) |
| The ark was completed. (Circa.
2348 B.C.) Gen. 7 |
| The 120 years of warning came to
an end. Gen. 7 |
| The flood deluged the earth.
(2348 B.C.) Gen. 7 (Noah and his family were in the ark one year and
ten days. They entered in 2348 B.C. and exited in 2347 B.C.) The
Deluge: Different Dates Assigned: Usher and English Bible, 2348
B.C.; Hebrew Bible, 2288 B.C.; Playfair Bible, 2352 B.C.; Clinton
Bible, 2482 B.C.; Samaritan Pent, 2998 B.C.; Josephus, 3146 B.C.;
Dr. Hales, 3155 B.C.; Septuagint, 3246 B.C. |
| Meat, grain and vegetables were
given to humanity as food items. Gen 9:2-4 |
| Murder was forbidden. Gen 9:5 |
| Death penalty for murder, by
either animals or humans, instated. Gen. 9:5-6 |
| The rainbow covenant was
instated. God covenanted with humanity and the animal kingdom to
never again destroy the earth by flood. The first rainbow was seen.
Gen. 8:21-22 and Gen. 9:8-17 |
| Noah's three sons, Shem, Japheth
and Ham began to repopulate the earth. |
| Shem had four of his five sons:
Arphaxad, who lived 438 years and carried on Seth's godly family
line, then Elam, then Asshur "Builder of Nineveh" and
finally Lud. Gen. 10:11 |
| Japheth had three of his seven
sons: Comer, Magog and Madai. (No dates or years are given for
Japheth's descendants.) |
| Ham had four sons: Cush, Mizraim,
Phut and Canaan. (No dates or years are given for Ham's
descendants.) |
| Shem's first grandchild, Salah,
son of Arphaxad was born. Salah lived 433 years, and carried on
Seth's godly posterity. He fathered a number of sons and daughters. |
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