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Above that line are shown the lives of the other descendants of Adam and , which feature all the well-known characters FROM from the . This runs to the life of and from that led to the entry of the Hebrews to the Promised Land. By this time mankind had increased to such numbers that they are impossible to fit on the chart, so from this point only the kings of the Jewish kingdoms are shown, ADAM including Jesus’ two illustrious ancestors, King and King . The dating system used in this book takes as its starting-point TO the traditional chronology of the , believing that the Earth was created some 6,000 years ago. The chronology was calculated by Archbishop . Ussher was Bishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, a theologian of great repute, in the seventeenth century (his ESUS contemporary reputation being evidenced by the fact that he was J give a state funeral on the orders of Oliver Cromwell). His famous CREATION TO CRUCIFIXION work, Annales veteris testamenti, a prima mundi origine deducti (Annals of the , deduced from the first origins of the world) was published in two volumes, in 1650 and 1654, and presented a chronological interpretation of Biblical events that won general acceptance. The publisher Thomas Guy (1644–1724), founder of the famous Guy’s Hospital in London, first began incorporating the Ussher chronology in his in 1675, and in 1701 the of England also adopted Ussher’s framework for the Authorized Version (King James). Thus for centuries the Ussher chronology has been the accepted, traditional timeline of the Bible, used in the famous Scofield Bible of 1917 and featuring as recently as the 1970s in many Bibles. In the 1890s, Professor Edward Hull, Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland and Professor at the Royal College of Science, Dublin, based his famous graphic Timechart of the World upon Ussher’s chronology. Ussher’s method of calculating the date of Creation and of the other events narrated in the Bible was to begin with known dates in Greek and Roman history, then to work backwards adding together the ages of the and kings, back to . His conclusion, taking account of the seasonal equinoxes (bearing in mind the ripeness of the fruit in the ), was that the Earth was created on the night preceding October 23, 4004BC. Others had attempted this calculation before – dating back to the medieval English historian , and including the famous seventeenth century scientists Johannes Kepler (1571– 1630) and Sir Newton (1643–1727) – and all identified a date very close to Ussher’s. But Ussher’s chronology was perceived to be accurate and won general acceptance. he Christ is clearly set out in the Bible, It is a testimony to Ussher’s dating that it has withstood so which lists all his ancestors right back to Adam, the first well the claims of geological and other scientific discoveries in Tman. These are highlighted in the chart on the following the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Indeed, it is still panels, just beneath the black wavy line, which represents the regarded as a valuable framework, even when considered in stream of time. relative rather than absolute terms.

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God created the and the Earth" - Gen. i. 1. Moses assigns no date to this Creation. How long after this “Beginning” before the advent of Man is unknown

LET THERE - - BE LIGHT. “And created man in His own image . . . . male and female created He them.” - Gen i. 27. The duration of the period from to the Flood is variously stated in the Hebrew, the , and the Samaritan texts. The time given is shortest in the Samaritan, which makes it 1307 years. The Hebrew enlarges this amount by nearly three centuries and a half, making the time 1656 years. The Septuagint further enlarges it by above six centuries more, estimating the whole period at 2262 years. There are no means of deciding which of the three estimates is preferable; and it cannot be regarded as certain that the numbers set down by the original writer have been preserved intact in any of them. The Hebrews probably estimated the length of the period before the Flood at something between thirteen and twenty-three centuries. Babylonians estimated it at 4320 centuries. Anthropologists maintain that man must have existed upon the earth for 300 centuries at the least, and some extend the time to 1000 centuries. th MEHUJAEL 4 ? The Chronological System of ARCHBISHOP USSHER, followed here, and upon which a large majority of our are founded, enables us to obtain a correct outline of the sequence of rd As no dates or years are 3 ? events, and of the relation of one period to another. given in the line of , the reader can extend the nd from Adam , 2 ? birth and life to suit. ? Gt. Grandson of Adam CAIN The "First born." This "line" is all that is known of Cain and his descendants. - See Gen IV. 16 to 24. The date of birth and the age of Cain (and his descendants) are unknown. 910 yrs About 129 A.M., perhaps. ABEL The first Martyr. 3679 B.C. T (date unknown.) This mark (?) indicates that the date is 905 yrs. Grandson 325 A.M. unknown or uncertain. ? ADAM (AND EVE) 930 years. 90 3679 B.C. 912 yrs. Son of Adam. 235 A.M.

105 3874 B.C. CREATION 4004 B.C. 130 A.M. ADAM talked with SETH 800 years, and with ENOS 695 years, and with CAINAN 605 years, and with MAHALALEEL 535 years, and

"And begat sons and daughters." - Gen. V. 4. “An On the first day, God, GENESIS embraces 2369 years - from the Creation to the death of Joseph, 1635 B.C. The only four women whose names are preserved in the records of the having created the Heaven CHAP. I - The Creation of the heaven and the earth, its completion, and the order of Nature instituted. world before the Flood, are - B CHAP. II. - The Sabbath. The manner of Creation (v. 8), The Garden of Eden. (v. 17). The tree of and the Earth, separated 100 Knowledge prohibited. (vs. 19, 20), Naming the creatures. EVE, (v. 21), Women Created. Marriage instituted. 2 3 T ADAH and ZILLAH the light from the darkness CHAP. III - Adam and Eve's deception, transgression, and fall. (Wives of ) The curse of labour and pain pronounced, and their expulsion from . and Century on the first day. Pillars Decades (Daughter of Lamech). 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 605 0 On the second day, He SETH 105 created the firmament, and 4004 Gen. V.3 130 A.M. Gen V. 6. ENOS 90 CA ADAM 130 39 38 Gen.37 V.9 Chap 5. 3v. 235 A.M. 325 A.M. divided the waters which This represents the age of Adam when Seth was born, viz 130 These lines show the genealogy of CHRIST. were under the firmament Seth is 105 when Enos is born. from those which were above it. On the sixth day, God created Man in His own likeness, ‘of the dust of the ground, and breathed in his nostrils the On the third day, He breath of life’. To the first man, Adam, God brought the divided the land from the cattle, beasts of the field and birds of the air so that he could seas; He also commanded name them. God gave him a companion, the first woman, the Earth to bring forth Eve, fashioned from one of Adam’s ribs, which God took grass, herbs, and trees. while Adam was asleep. Together, they were to look after the garden of Eden, and together they were given dominion On the fourth day, He over all the creatures of the earth. created the sun, the moon, In the midst of the garden, however, God had planted the and the stars. tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve both

On the fifth day, He Left and below: created swimming and The seduces flying creatures. Eve into tasting the . On the sixth day, He Adam and Eve created beasts, cattle, and lose their innocence creeping things; created and and cover their formed man after His own nakedness. image and likeness, and blessed all His creatures.

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Right: God creates Man On the seventh day, God and the creatures of the rested from all His work, Earth, over which mankind and sanctified that day. will have dominion.

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“A furbisher of every cutting There is a Book extant called the “BOOK OF EN th THE PATRIARCHAL AGE. wn TUBAL-CAIN 7 instrument of copper and iron.” “Was perhaps written by some devout Ch The “VULCAN” of the Greeks Many discoveries and inventions Ed. The first polygamist on record are ascribed to the mental activity 4004 B.C. to 1491 B.C. OF ZILLAH Gen. IV. 22. (loveliness.) of Cain’s posterity. th had 2 NAAMAH yrs (see below) ew LAMECH 6 wives , 969 ? ns “he was the father of all such as handle “Seventh from Adam” OF ADAH the harp and organ.” METHUSAEL 5th Gen. IV. 21. 3317 B.C. ? ENOCH, 365 yrs 687 A.M. ENOCH, 365 yrs The Godliness and translation of OF “he was the father of all such as dwell in ADAH tents and have cattle.” - Gen. IV. 20. ? 3382 B.C. 65 And 962 yrs Gt. Gt. Gt. Grandson of Adam. 622 A.M. re N, Gt. Gt. Grandson of Adam 162 “And begat sons and daughters.” - Gen. V. 19. he 3544 B.C. According to the ancient Arabian tradition, JARED was the first of the line of SETH who broke through the command of ENOS, which prohibited intermarriages with the , which tended greatly to the MAHALALEEL, 895 yrs 460 A.M. dam 3609 B.C. 65 “And begat sons and daughters.” - Gen. V. 16. yrs. yrs 395 A.M. CAINAN, 910

70 “And begat sons and daughters.” - Gen. V. 13. C. The Arabians have a tradition respecting CAINAN that he held universal empire, and was celebrated for his wisdom and miraculous powers. ENOS, 905 yrs.

“And begat sons and daughters.” - Gen. V. 10. ENOS prohibited intermarriage with the Cainites - Arabian Tradition. SETH, 912 yrs.

“And (SETH) begat sons and daughters.” - Gen. V. 7. ars, and with JARED 470 years, and with ENOCH 308 years, and with METHUSELAH 243 years, and with LAMECH 56 years.. ADAM, 930 yrs.

“And all the days that ADAM lived were NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS, and he died.” - Gen. V. 5. Talked with Adam 243 years During the FIRST EPOCH God creates heaven mes The FOURTH EPOCH lasts from the Passover to ’s accession to the throne 3817 B.C. Son of Enoch and comprehends the time of the Judges. and earth, creates light, the sun, the moon 687 A.M. METHUSELAH, 969 yrs. the and stars, divides the land from the waters, The FIFTH EPOCH lasts from Saul’s accession to the end of the Captivity and Biblical history may be divided into contains the reign of the Kings. creates grass, herbs and trees, fishes, birds, The SECOND EPOCH lasts from the Flood to ’s . six Epochs: and all living things including Man. Adam and Eve The SIXTH EPOCH lasts from the end of the Captivity to the birth of Jesus Christ The THIRD EPOCH lasts from Abraham’s vocation to the Passover. 5 6 7 At the close of the FIRST EPOCH The FIRST EPOCH lasts from the 4 are expelled from the Garden of Eden. Their sons are and includes the time of the Pontiffs. 8 Creation to the Flood. These three first Epochs include the time of the Patriarchs. , and then Seth, the second . God resolves to destroy every living creature on

Enoch is of the sixth generation after Adam and account of the wickedness of men. alone finds

does not die but is translated to heaven grace in the eyes of the Lord ). 5 0 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10

CAINAN 70 36 MAHALALEEL 65 35 34 ENOCH 65 33 3 2 JARED 162 Gen. V. 18. Gen. V. 21. METHUSELAH 187 395 A.M. Gen. V. 25. 460 A.M. 622 A.M. Gen. V. 12. Gen. V. 15. 687 A.M.

Left: Adam and Eve vengeance was to curse Cain, who are expelled from the would from now on be a fugitive; Garden of Eden – ‘So but he would not be killed, for God He drove out the man; put a mark upon him, warning that and He placed at the whoever killed this murderer would east of the garden of suffer God’s punishment sevenfold. Eden cherubims, and In time, Eve bore Adam another a flaming sword son, whom they named Seth, and it which turned every was through him that the holy line way, to keep the way continued, the ancestors of Jesus of the .’ Christ.

ENOCH Right: Cain and Abel was the son of Jared and of the make sacrifice to seventh generation from Adam via God; but Cain’s Seth. A pious man, who spent his life offering is rejected. in the fellowship of the Lord, ‘walking with God’, he prophesied that God would bring all sinners to judgment. Below right: Abel is Enoch, like Elijah many centuries killed by his brother. later, did not die but was taken directly to heaven by God. knew God’s warning that, while they could eat the fruit of all the other trees in Eden, they must not eat the fruit of this tree – ‘if you do, you shall surely die’. Eve gave into the subtle serpent’s assurance that ‘your eyes will be opened, and ye shall be as , knowing good and evil’. When they ate, their eyes were opened to their nakedness, so they clothed themselves with fig leaves. Seeing this, God cursed the serpent and expelled Adam and Eve from Eden: from now on they would know disease, death and suffering and would have to work hard to thrive. Clad in animal skins, they set forth into a hostile world.. In time, Eve bore Adam two sons – Abel, who became a , and Cain, who grew crops. Abel set forth the of his flock as an offering to the Lord, while Cain offered the fruit of the ground. But when Cain’s offering was rejected he was filled with fury and killed his brother. God’s

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F ENOCH,” but generally considered apocryphal. From Adam to Moses there are only Five intervening links (with Kohath, Six). From “Creation” to Moses’ death is 2553 years, so that through these Six ut Christian of the first century." Ed. Robinson, D.D., Ed. Bi. Dic. intervening links the history of Man could have been brought down by “Tradition” from "Creation" to Moses’ death, a period of 553 years.

14 3130. B.C. 243 874. A.M. y. to to MOSES ADAM, 687yrs. to METHUSELAH, 628 y. to , 452 yrs. to ISAAC, 77 to , 70 AMRAM, 61 104 42 58 o on of ENOCH in Chap. V. 24. JUDE (v.14) refers to Enoch as a . 98 50 53 KOHATH. 3017 B.C. The Arabian name of ENOCH is EDRIS, and their traditions of him are that he was an 987 A.M. eminent astronomer, mathematician, and prophet of God. And Enoch walked with God 365 years, “and begat sons and daughters.”- Gen. v. 22. “ And he was not, for God took him.”- v. 24. JARED, 962 yrs.

. to the obliteration of every moral and religious principle. MAHALALEEL, 895 yrs.

The marriage of brother and sister was common, until prohibited by the law of Moses in 1491 B.C. yrs. B.C. CAINAN, 910 2769 1235 A.M. “ It is said of Seth and his posterity, that they were very good and virtuous, and very happy, without any considerable misfortunes for Seven generations.” - . 2864 B.C. 1140 A.M. 84 yrs. “ Seth and his posterity were the inventors of that particular sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies talked with CAINAN 179 years, and with MAHALALEEL 234 years, an and their order.”- Josephus. 2962 B.C. NOAH, 950 yrs. 1042 A.M. 3474. B.C. Death of Adam. 14 2948 B.C. LAMECH is the first man on record who died a natural death before his father (five years before). 930. A.M. 126 yrs 56 1056 A.M.

LAMECH, 777 yrs "And begat sons and daughters.” - Gen. V. 30.

ch 3130. B.C. METHUSELAH talks with SETH 355 years, and with ENOS 453 years, and with CAINAN 548 yrs, and with MAHALALEEL 603 years, and with JARED 735 years, and with ENOCH 300 years. 874. A.M. 9 10“ And begat sons and daughters.” - Gen. V. 26. 11 “ And all the days 12 OF METHUSELAH were Ni 8 This mark (P) indicates that the date is unknown An old tradition says that Adam had 33 sons and A “Talent” was about 125 pounds Troy. or uncertain. LAMECH could talk with ADAM 56 years, and learn the story of the Garden of 23 daughters. A “Talent” of Silver was worth about £353 11s. 10d. A "Talent" of Gold was worth about £5075 15s. 7d. 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 70 60 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 90 80 70 80 50

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‘And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ...’ (Genesis 6:13) During this time, the numbers of mankind grew greatly, but God saw that man had become wicked both in his deeds and in his heart, and that the earth was corrupt. He therefore decided upon the destruction of the whole of mankind and of all the other creatures He had created on the earth save only Noah and his family and rep- And God told Noah to take on resentative animals, for Noah had found grace in board the Ark his own family, the eyes of the Lord. including his wife, sons and their wives, together with a male and a female of every living thing – fowls – cattle – ‘every creeping thing’ – together with food, seven of all clean beasts (fowls too) and two each of beasts that are not clean. (Genesis 6:19–21, 7:2–3)

Noah was the son of Lamech and grandson of Methuselah, who lived 969 years. Noah, who lived for 950 years, fathered three sons, Shem, and , from whom the many people groups of the earth were to come. So God commanded Noah to build an Ark.

G OD ’ S P LANFORTHE A RK . 1 Cubit (Heb. ammah) = the length of the forearm (over 1ft)

‘ It was to be made of Gopher ‘ Its height was to be 30 cubits were to be a window and a door wood, sealed with pitch There were to be three decks The window was to be set below ‘ ‘ When at last the waters receded, Its length was to be 300 cubits with multiple compartments and the roof by 1 cubit ‘ Noah released a dove that found ‘ Its breadth was to be 50 cubits the only apertures in the structure dry land.