Appendix 10: Chronology of the Patriarchs in Genesis1
by Dr. Henry M. Morris:
(taken from the Defender's Study Bible)
Name | Year of Birth | Age at Birth of Son | Age at Death | Year of Death2 |
Adam | 0 | 130 | 930 | 930 |
Seth | 130 | 105 | 912 | 1042 |
Enos | 235 | 90 | 905 | 1140 |
Cainan | 325 | 70 | 910 | 1235 |
Mahalaleel | 395 | 65 | 895 | 1290 |
Jared | 460 | 162 | 962 | 1422 |
Enoch | 622 | 65 | 3653 | 9874 |
Methuselah | 687 | 187 | 969 | 1656 |
Lamech | 874 | 182 | 777 | 1651 |
Noah | 1056 | 502 | 950 | 2006 |
Shem | 1558 | 100 | 600 | 2158 |
Arphaxad | 1658 | 35 | 438 | 2096 |
Salah | 1693 | 30 | 433 | 2126 |
Eber | 1723 | 34 | 464 | 2187 |
Peleg | 1757 | 30 | 39 | 1996 |
Reu | 1787 | 32 | 239 | 2026 |
Serug | 1819 | 30 | 230 | 2049 |
Nahor | 1849 | 29 | 148 | 1997 |
Terah | 1878 | 70 | 205 | 2083 |
Abraham | 1948 | 100 | 175 | 2123 |
Isaac | 2048 | 60 | 180 | 2228 |
Jacob | 2108 | | 147 | 2255 |
1Assuming no gaps in the lists of Genesis 5 and 11.
2In years after the Creation.
3Age at time of translation.
4Time of translation.
Note: Adam could have known all the antediluvian patriarchs except Noah and Shem.
Noah could have known all the antediluvian patriarchs except Adam and Seth.
Noah and Shem could have known Abraham.
Shem could have known Isaac and Jacob.