NOTABLE CHANGES FOR LIFE ON EARTH AFTER THE FLOOD 1026 ". and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth . ." Before the Flood After the Flood Average life span: 821 years Average life span: 275.1 years see sheet 1023 see sheet 1023 All were vegetarians Meat-eating begins Gen. 1:29-30 Gen. 9:3 No fear exists between man and beasts Fear of man is placed upon animals Gen. 2:19 Gen. 9:2 Earth is watered The physics of heaven and earth are by a mist rising from the ground changed; rain and rainbows form Gen. 2:6 Gen. 7:12; 9:13 There is one continent Pangaea is broken up Gen. 1:9 There are no seasons mentioned Seasons mentioned Gen. 8:22 Punishment of crimes in God's hands Punishment of crimes is given to men Gen. 4:10-12 Gen. 9:5-6, 24-25 1026 Page Two THE GENERATIONS The average life span for The average life span for ten generations born before the ten generations born the flood was 821 years immediately after the flood (Enoch excluded). was 275.1 years. Year Event Year Event 0........Adam Created 1659.....Arphaxad born 130......Seth born 1694.....Salah born 235......Enos born 1724.....Eber born 325......Cainan born 1758.....Peleg born1 395......Mahalaleel born 1788.....Reu born 460......Jared born 1820.....Serug born 622......Enoch born 1850.....Nahor born 687......Methuselah born 1879.....Terah born 874......Lamech born 1949.....Abram born2 Nahor 930......Adam dies (age 930) and Haran follow. 987......Enoch translated (age 365) 1997.....Peleg dies (239) 1998.....Nahor dies (148) 1042.....Seth dies (age 912) 2006.....Noah dies (950) 1056.....Noah born 2027.....Reu dies (239) 1140.....Enos dies (age 905) 2049.....Isaac born 1235.....Cainan dies (age 910) 2050.....Serug dies (230) 1290.....Mahalaleel dies (age 895) 2084.....Terah dies (205) 1422.....Jared dies (age 962) 2097.....Arphaxad dies (438) 1556.....Japheth born. Shem and Ham 2109.....Jacob and Esau born. follow. (Shem born in 1559) 2124.....Abraham dies (175) 1651.....Lamech dies (age 777) 2127.....Salah dies (age 433) 1656.....Methuselah dies (age 969) 2159.....Shem dies (age 600) 1656.....The Flood 2188.....Eber dies (age 464) 1657.....The flood is over. 2229.....Isaac dies (age 180) 1 At some point in Peleg's life (a.c. 1758-1997), the "confusion of tongues" took place. 2 This assumes Abram to be Terah's first-born (but consider Acts 7:2-3!). 1026 Page Three Isaac was forty when Jacob and Esau were born. = 2269 Jacob 130 when he went into Egypt = 2399 Joseph was about 39 when Jacob came to Egypt = 2399 The families of Israel came into Egypt = 2399 Joseph was born in the year 2360 Jacob lived 147 years = 2416 Joseph lived 110 years = 2470 In Egypt 430 years = 2829 Add a hundred years for Joseph to die and things to change = 2929 41 years in the wilderness = 2970 5 years conquering the land of Canaan = 2975 Add 25 years (approx.) for Joshua to die = 3000.