Bible history

The Antediluvian Period

Blackwood’s Comprehensive Aids to the Study of the Bible · Vol. I, p. 29

Begins on Vol. I, p. 29

From the Creation to the Flood (1657 Years).

Year of the World	Before Christ	Events Occurring Before the Flood
1	4004	The first year of the Mundane Era, and of the life of Adam. Whether the years of Adam are reckoned from his creation, or from the expulsion from Paradise, is left undecided.
		Cain and Abel.
130	3874	Birth of Seth.
235	3769	Birth of Enos. "Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord."
325	3679	Birth of Cainan.
395	3609	Birth of Mahalaleel.
460	3544	Birth of Jared.
622	3382	Birth of Enoch.
688	3317	Birth of Methuselah.
874	3130	Birth of Lamech.
930	3074	Death of Adam, aged 930 years.
987	3017	Translation of Enoch, aged 365 years.
1042	2962	Death of Seth, aged 912 years. [Bisection of the period from Adam to the Promise.]
1056	2948	Birth of Noah.
1140	2864	Death of Enos, aged 905 years.
1235	2769	Death of Cainan, aged 910 years.
1290	2714	Death of Mahalaleel, aged 895 years.
1422	2582	Death of Jared, aged 962 years.
1536	2468	The ark begins to be prepared (120 years).
1557	2447	Noah's eldest son is born (500 years).
1558	2446	Shem is born.
1652	2352	Lamech dies, aged 777 years.
1656	2348	Methuselah dies, in his 969th year.
1657	2347	The Flood, in the 600th year of Noah, and the 99th year of Shem.

Note.—The death of Abel must be supposed to have not long preceded the birth of Seth, since Eve regarded Seth as the substitute "for Abel, whom Cain slew." In that case there will be no difficulty in explaining Cain's exclamation, "Every one who findeth me shall slay me." In one hundred and twenty years after the Creation, the earth may have had a considerable population.