FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALLING OF ABRAHAM, 426 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS

FROM THE DELUGE TO THE CALLING OF ABRAHAM, 426 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS

|B.C.|A.M.|
Noah with his family, etc., leave the ark|2347|1657|
The rainbow a pledge of security|...|...|
The birth of Arphaxad, son of Shem|2346|1658|
Noah plants a vineyard, etc.|2341|1663|
The birth of Salah, son of Arphaxad|2311|1693|
The birth of Eber or Heber, son of Salah, from whom it was supposed the Hebrews derived their name|2281|1723|
The birth of Peleg, son of Eber|2247|1757|
The building of the tower of Babel, the confusion of languages, and the dispersion of mankind|2234|1770|
Beginning of the Egyptian dynasties, and the Assyrian monarchy|2233|1771|
The birth of Reu, son of Peleg|2217|1787|
The birth of Serug, son of Reu|2185|1819|
Early astronomical calculations of the Babylonians about this time.|||
The birth of Nahor, son of Serug|2155|1849|
The birth of Terah, son of Nahor|2126|1878|
The death of Nimrod, founder of Babylon, who is succeeded by Belus|2061|1943|
The birth of Haran, son of Terah|2056|1948|
Dynasty of the Hyksos, or Shepherd Kings, in Lower Egypt about this time.|||
The Death of Belus, succeeded by Ninus, as king of Assyria|2035|1969|
The death of Noah, aged 950 years|1998|2006|
Beginning of the post-diluvian apostasy|...|...|
The birth of Abram, son of Terah|1996|2008|
The death of Ninus, succeeded by his wife, Semiramis|1987|2017|
The birth of Sarai, afterwards wife of Abram|1986|2018|
The death of Semiramis, Queen of Assyria|1945|2059|
The call of Abram from Ur of the Chaldeans to Haran in Mesopotamia, where his father died, aged 205 years|1917|2083|
Mesopotamia, called by the Hebrews Padan-Aram, located between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, was the first abode of men before and after the flood.|||