Order of deaths from Genesis Genealogies order of Names Generation dies Date of Death [BC] deaths 1 Abel 2 pre Flood before 3982 2 Adam 1 pre Flood 3182 3 Enoch1 7 pre Flood 3125 4 Seth 2 pre Flood 3070 5 Enosh 3 pre Flood 2972 6 Kenan 4 pre Flood 2877 7 Mehalalel 5 pre Flood 2822 8 Jared 6 pre Flood 2690 9 Lamech 9 pre Flood 2461 10 Methuselah 8 pre Flood 2456 God sends the Flood 2456 11 Peleg 15 post Babel 2118 12 Nahor 18 post Babel 2117 13 Noah 10 post Flood 2106 Abraham called by God, goes to Canaan 2091 14 Reu 16 post Babel 2088 15 Serug 17 post Babel 2065 16 Terah 19 post Babel 2031 17 Arphaxad 12 post Babel 2018 18 Abraham 20 Covenant 1991 19 Shelah 13 post Babel 1988 20 Shem 11 post Flood 1956 21 Eber 14 post Babel 1927 22 Isaac 21 Covenant 1886 23 Jacob 22 Covenant 1859 24 Joseph 23 Covenant 1805 Note1: Enoch did not die, but was translated. Meanings of the dies column: pre Flood Born & dies before the flood. post Flood Born before the flood, but dies after the flood. Babel happens before Peleg is born From the Bible Knowledge Commentary (Gen 10:21-31) The note on Eber’s son Peleg—that in his time the earth was divided—seems to pinpoint the Babel experience (11:1–9). The verb pālaḡ is used in the Old Testament to describe division into languages. So the Babel event occurred five generations after the Flood. post Babel Born after the flood and dies after the Babel account Covenant Born and is part of the covenant and dies after God's covenant with Abram. Interesting facts: Abraham is born 290 yrs after the Flood Peleg is 191 yrs old when Abraham is born (no one has died after the flood)2 Abraham is 60 yrs old when Noah dies Abraham dies 35 yrs before Shem Abraham dies 3 yrs before Shelah Abraham dies 64 yrs before Eber Abraham is 48 yrs old when Peleg dies Abraham goes to Canaan in 2091 BC at the age of 75 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Reu, & Serug are still alive when Abraham enters Canaan Note2: according to the genealogy of Shem, no one has died yet. Peleg is the first recorded in the Shem's genealogy to have died after the flood. (Gen 11:10-32).