The First Generations

An illustrated companion to the first panel of Adams' Map of History: 17 printable pages on Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, the line of Seth and the world Adams drew around them.

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Adam & Eve, Cain & Abel and Seth's Line, sent to your inbox.

What's inside

Part 1: Illustrated plates

Ten full-page plates that bring the opening of the chart to life, each with a short reading of the biblical text or the history behind it.

Adam & Eve The garden, the choice, and life beyond Eden
Cain & Abel The offerings, the anger, and the warning
The Death of Abel Judgment, protection, and a life in exile
The Old World Places, seas, and the setting of history
Stone Tools of Denmark Materials, craftsmanship, and the evidence of objects
Grinding Grain Two stones, repeated movement, and the work of food
Voices of Ancient History Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Livy and Sallust
Cain's Descendants A family line of cities, herding, music and metalwork
Seth's Line Generations, lifespans and overlapping lives in Genesis 5
Reading Time Centuries, decades and how to read a timeline

Part 2: Adams in his own words

The original illustrations and text of panel 1, reproduced from the third edition of the chart, revised to 1878, with clear diagrams and notes on the books Adams relied on.

The two eyes of history Adams' purpose for the chart, and his map of the Eastern Hemisphere
Read the stream of time How centuries and decades are marked on the chart
At the beginning The opening scene and the chart's starting point, 4004 B.C.
Cain and Abel Adams' two scenes and what Genesis 4 tells us
The line of Cain A family without dates, from Cain to Naamah
Six lives, one timeline Adam to Jared: six generations alive at the same time
Stone, tools and grain Adams' plate of the Stone Age, as he printed it

A look at the pages

The two eyes of history: Adams' map of the Eastern Hemisphere

Who it's for

Bible study groups and personal study: see how the first chapters of Genesis are laid out on Adams' timeline.
Homeschool families and teachers: printable pages that turn the chart into a lesson, with dates you can check.
Anyone curious about history: the people, objects and ideas on the first panel of a 19th-century masterpiece.

Use it with the chart itself: open Panel 1 or explore the whole chart and zoom into every scene the companion describes.

Nine more panels to come

Panel 1 is the first of ten. Each companion takes weeks of research and careful checking against Adams' chart and his sources. Founding supporters receive every new panel as soon as it is ready, and their contributions go directly into this work. Every sign-up for the free plates also tells us how many readers are waiting for the next panels.