FROM THE CREATION TO THE DELUGE

FROM THE CREATION TO THE DELUGE
(according to Usher, as adopted in the English version of the Bible, 1656 years.)

|B.C.|A.M.|
The creation of our first parents|4004|1|
The fall of Adam and promise of a Savior|…|…|
The birth of Cain, Adam's eldest son|4001|3|
The birth of Abel, Adam's second son|4000|4|
The murder of Abel, and the punishment of Cain|3876|128|
The birth of Seth, son of Adam|3874|130|
The birth of Enos, son of Seth|3769|235|
The birth of Cainan, son of Enos|3679|325|
The birth of Mahalaleel, son of Cainan|3609|395|
The birth of Israel, son of Mahalaleel|3544|460|
The birth of Enoch, son of Israel|3382|622|
The birth of Methuselah, son of Enoch|3317|687|
The birth of Lamech, son of Methuselah|3130|874|
The death of Adam, aged 930 years|3074|930|
The translation of Enoch, aged 365 years|3017|987|
The death of Seth, aged 912 years|2962|1042|
The birth of Noah, son of Lamech|2948|1056|
The death of Enos, aged 905 years|2864|1140|
The death of Cainan, aged 910 years|2769|1235|
The death of Mahalaleel, aged 895 years|2714|1290|
The death of Israel, aged 962 years|2582|1422|
Noah warned by God of the future deluge, and commanded to build an ark|2468|1536|
The birth of Japheth, eldest son of Noah|2448|1556|
The birth of Shem, second son of Noah|2446|1558|
The birth of Ham, third son of Noah|2444|1560 |
Death of Lamech, father of Noah, aged 777 years|2353|1651|
Death of Methuselah, aged 969 years, the oldest man|2348|1656|
The same year, Noah, being 600 years old, the flood comes upon the earth and he enters the ark.