Difference between revisions of "Antediluvian Chronology"

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<p> [[Everything]] dates from the creation of Adam. [[Beyond]] him all is wrapped in dark and impenetrable mystery. [[In]] order to determine the [[Length]] of time from Adam's creation to the flood we have only to add The ages of the antediluvian patriarchs--Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah--at the births of Their first sons, and add to this the age of [[Shem]] at the flood, and we [[Find]] that it was 1656 years (Genesis 5:3-32; [[Genesis]] 7:6 ). </p>