Bible Genealogy Timeline: Adam to Abraham With Dates

Genesis 5 and Genesis 11 name twenty generations in one line, from Adam to Abram. Sebastian C. Adams’ chart prints a date at every birth. Here are the ages from the King James text beside the dates on the chart.

In short: From Adam to Noah, Genesis 5 names ten generations; Genesis 11:10–26 names ten more, from Shem to Abram. On Adams’ chart Seth is born in 3874 B.C., Noah in 2948 B.C. and Abram in 1996 B.C.

Adam to Noah (Genesis 5)

The ages are those of Genesis 5 and 9:29. Adams’ dates are printed on the chart; “—” means that no A.M. year is printed.

Name	Age when his son was born	Years lived	Born (Adams): B.C. / A.M.	Died or end of band (Adams): B.C. / A.M.
Adam	130	930	4004 B.C. / —	3074 B.C. / 930 A.M.
Seth	105	912	3874 B.C. / 130 A.M.	2962 B.C. / 1042 A.M.
Enos	90	905	3769 B.C. / 235 A.M.	2864 B.C. / 1140 A.M.
Cainan	70	910	3679 B.C. / 325 A.M.	2769 B.C. / 1235 A.M.
Mahalaleel	65	895	3609 B.C. / 395 A.M.	2714 B.C. / 1290 A.M.
Jared	162	962	3544 B.C. / 460 A.M.	2582 B.C. / 1422 A.M.
Enoch	65	365	3382 B.C. / 622 A.M.	3017 B.C. / 987 A.M.
Methuselah	187	969	3317 B.C. / 687 A.M.	no date printed
Lamech	182	777	3130 B.C. / 874 A.M.	no date printed
Noah	500 (Genesis 5:32, with Ham and Japheth)	950	2948 B.C. / 1056 A.M.	1998 B.C. / —

Adams prints, for Methuselah, “He dies the year of, and before the Deluge.” and, for Lamech, “dies 5 years before the Deluge.” Enoch’s end is printed “3017.B.C. 987.A.M.” Genesis 5:24 says “God took him”.

Calculation: the ages at each son’s birth, 130 + 105 + 90 + 70 + 65 + 162 + 65 + 187 + 182, make 1056, the year Adams prints for the birth of Noah; and 1056 + 600 = 1656, the year he prints for the Flood.

On Noah’s age at the birth of his sons, Genesis and Adams are printed side by side:

³² And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 5:32, King James Version

NOAH was 502 years old when Shem was born. Gen: 5. 32.
Printed on Adams’ chart, panel 3

¹ This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; ² Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. ³ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: ⁴ And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: ⁵ And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. ⁶ And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: ⁷ And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: ⁸ And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. ⁹ And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: ¹⁰ And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹¹ And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. ¹² And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: ¹³ And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁴ And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. ¹⁵ And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: ¹⁶ And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: ¹⁷ And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. ¹⁸ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: ¹⁹ And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁰ And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. ²¹ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: ²² And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: ²³ And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: ²⁴ And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. ²⁵ And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. ²⁶ And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: ²⁷ And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. ²⁸ And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: ²⁹ And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. ³⁰ And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: ³¹ And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. ³² And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 5:1–32, King James Version

Shem to Abram (Genesis 11:10–26)

From Arphaxad to Abram the chart prints the B.C. date at each fork. The A.M. years in this table are calculations: 4004 minus the printed B.C. date. The years lived are the figures printed on each band.

Name	Age when his son was born	Years lived (band)	Born, B.C. (printed)	Born, A.M.	Died, B.C. (printed)
Shem	100	600	2446 B.C.	1558 (printed)	1846 B.C.
Arphaxad	35	438	2346 B.C.	1658 (calculation)	1908 B.C.
Salah	30	433	2311 B.C.	1693 (calculation)	1878 B.C.
Eber	34	464	2281 B.C.	1723 (calculation)	1817 B.C.
Peleg	30	239	2247 B.C.	1757 (calculation)	2008 B.C.
Reu	32	239	2217 B.C.	1787 (calculation)	1978 B.C.
Serug	30	230	2185 B.C.	1819 (calculation)	1955 B.C.
Nahor	29	148	2155 B.C.	1849 (calculation)	2007 B.C.
Terah	70 (Genesis 11:26)	205	2126 B.C.	1878 (calculation)	1921 B.C.
Abram	—	175	1996 B.C.	2008 (calculation)	—

On Terah, Genesis 11:26 and Adams’ notes are printed side by side:

²⁶ And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
Genesis 11:26, King James Version

And TERAH lived 70 years, and begat HARAN, NAHOR and ABRAM. Gen.XI.26.
TERAH dies in Haran, when Ab^m. is 75. making Terah 130, at Ab^ms. birth. Gen.XI.32. and XII.4.
Printed on Adams’ chart, panel 4

¹⁰ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: ¹¹ And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹² And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: ¹³ And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁴ And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: ¹⁵ And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁶ And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: ¹⁷ And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. ¹⁸ And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: ¹⁹ And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. ²⁰ And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: ²¹ And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. ²² And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: ²³ And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. ²⁴ And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: ²⁵ And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:10–25, King James Version

Four texts side by side

The ages at the birth of each son differ between the Hebrew, Samaritan, Septuagint and Josephus texts. The Hebrew column is Genesis in the King James Version; its ages from Adam to Lamech are printed on Adams’ chart. The Samaritan, Septuagint and Josephus columns are from Hales’ table, reproduced in the Study Edition of Panel 1; they are not printed on the chart.

Father	Hebrew (KJV)	Samaritan	Septuagint	Josephus
Adam	130	130	230	230
Seth	105	105	205	205
Enos	90	90	190	190
Cainan	70	70	170	170
Mahalaleel	65	65	165	165
Jared	162	62	162	162
Enoch	65	65	165	165
Methuselah	187	67	187	187
Lamech	182	53	188	182
Noah (at the Flood)	600	600	600	600
Total, Adam to the Flood	1656	1307	2262	2256

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Questions

Who are the ten generations from Adam to Noah?

Genesis 5 lists Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech and Noah. The whole chapter is above.

How old was Adam when Seth was born?

“And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:” (Genesis 5:3). Adams’ chart prints “3874.B.C. 130.A.M.” on the fork of Seth’s band.

How many years are there from Adam to the Flood?

On Adams’ chart, 1,656: “DELUGE,1656. A.M. AND 2348 B.C.” Calculation: the ages at each son’s birth in Genesis 5, 130 + 105 + 90 + 70 + 65 + 162 + 65 + 187 + 182, make 1056, and 1056 + 600 = 1656.

Who are the generations from Shem to Abram?

Genesis 11:10–26 lists Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah and Abram.

When was Abraham born on Adams’ chart?

The chart prints “1996.” on the fork of his band. Genesis 11:26 and Adams’ note on Terah are quoted side by side above.