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How Old is the Earth?
A Biblical Table of
Pertinent Dates
| Chapter |
Verse
Number |
Verse |
Total |
| Genealogy of
Adam's Descendants through Jacob |
|
Genesis 1 |
1 |
In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth. |
0 |
|
27
31 |
So God created man (Adam) in his own image, in the image of God created he
him; male and female created he them.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. |
|
Genesis 5 |
3 |
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years,
and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image;
and called his name Seth... |
130 |
|
6 |
And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and
begat Enos... |
235 |
|
9 |
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan... |
325 |
|
12 |
And Cainan lived seventy years, and begat
Mahalaleel... |
395 |
|
15 |
And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and
begat Jared... |
460 |
|
18 |
And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years,
and he begat Enoch... |
622 |
|
21 |
And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat
Methuselah... |
687 |
|
25 |
And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years,
and begat Lamech... |
874 |
28
29 |
And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years,
and begat a son:
And he called his name Noah... |
1056 |
|
32 |
And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah
begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth... |
1556 |
|
Genesis 11 |
10 |
...Shem was an hundred years old,
and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. |
1656 |
| 12 |
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and
begat Salah
|
1691 |
| 14 |
And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber |
1721 |
| 16 |
And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat
Peleg
|
1755 |
| 18 |
And Peleg lived
thirty years, and begat Reu
|
1785 |
| 20 |
And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat
Serug
|
1817 |
| 22 |
And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor
|
1847 |
| 24 |
And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat
Terah
|
1876 |
| 26 |
And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram
[who became Abraham; Genesis 17: 5],
Nahor, and Haran
|
1946 |
|
Genesis 21 |
5 |
And Abraham was an hundred years old,
when his son Isaac was born unto him. |
2046 |
|
Genesis 25 |
26 |
...and [Isaac's son's] name was called Jacob: and Isaac was
threescore years old
[sixty]
when she bare them.
|
2106 |
| Note:
Genesis 32 |
28 |
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel:
for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
|
| Israel Begins
time in Egypt |
|
Genesis 47 |
8-11 |
And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an
hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the
days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the
years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. And
Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in
the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh
had commanded. |
2236 |
| Israel Leaves
Egypt |
|
Exodus 12 |
40
41 |
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt,
was four hundred and thirty years.
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the
selfsame day it came to pass, that all
the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. |
2666 |
| The Reign of
the Kings of Israel |
| Solomon's begins reign Four Hundred and seventy-six years after the exodus |
3142 |
|
I Kings 6 |
1 |
And it came to pass in the
four hundred and eightieth year after
the children of Israel were come out of the
land of Egypt,
in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel... |
| I Kings 11 |
42
43 |
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel
was forty years.
And Solomon slept with his fathers... and Rehoboam his son reigned in his
stead. |
3182 |
|
I Kings 14 |
21
|
And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was
forty and one years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem... |
3199 |
| 31 |
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers... And Abijam his son reigned
in his stead. |
3202 |
|
I Kings 15 |
1
2 |
Now in the eighteenth year of
king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem... |
8
10 |
And Abijam slept with his fathers... and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem...
|
3243 |
| 24 |
And Asa slept with his fathers... and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his
stead. |
3268 |
|
I Kings 22 |
42 |
...and he reigned twenty and five years in
Jerusalem.
|
|
II Kings 8 |
16
17 |
And in the fifth year of Joram... Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah began to reign.
...and he reigned eight
years in Jerusalem. |
3276 |
| |
25
26 |
In the twelfth year of Joram... did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah
begin to reign.
...and he reigned
one year in Jerusalem. |
3277 |
| II
Kings 9-11 |
Jehu
Usurps throne- becomes the one ruler of Israel and Judah for
seven years;
see detail below |
3284 |
|
II Kings 12 |
1 |
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash
[aka Joash- read chapters
12-14] began to reign;
and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. |
3324 |
|
II Kings 14 |
1
2
20
21 |
In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel
[Different than Joash, King of Judah]
reigned Amaziah the son of Joash
[Jehoash] king of Judah.
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned
twenty
and nine years in Jerusalem.
...and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
And all the people of Judah took Azariah
[aka Uzziah], which was sixteen
years old, and made him king instead of his
father Amaziah. |
3353 |
|
II Kings 15 |
2
7 |
Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned
two and fifty years in Jerusalem.
So Azariah slept with his fathers... and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. |
3405 |
32
33
38 |
In the second year of Pekah... began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah
to reign.
...and he reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem.
And Jotham slept with his fathers... and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. |
3421 |
|
I Kings 16 |
2
20 |
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem...
And Ahaz slept with his fathers... and Hezekiah his son reigned in his
stead. |
3437 |
|
II Kings 18 |
1
2 |
Now it came to pass... that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of
Judah began to reign.
...and he reigned
twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. |
3466 |
|
II Kings 20 |
21 |
And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead. |
|
II Kings 21 |
1
18 |
Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned
fifty and five years in Jerusalem.
And Manasseh slept with his fathers... and Amon his son reigned in his
stead. |
3521 |
| 19
23
26 |
Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
two
years in Jerusalem.
And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own
house.
...and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. |
3523 |
|
II Kings 23 |
29-31
33-34 |
In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the
king of Assyria to the river Euphrates:
and king Josiah went against him...
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo... And the
people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of
Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned three months in Jerusalem. And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he
might not reign in Jerusalem... And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah
his father, and turned his name to
Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. |
| 36 |
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. |
3533 |
|
II Kings 24 |
6 |
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son
reigned in his stead. |
| 8 |
Jehoiachin was eighteen years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem
three months. |
| End of the
Reign of the Kings of Israel |
| 27 |
And it came to pass in the
seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth
month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of
Babylon in the year that he began to reign
did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
28: And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings
that were with him in Babylon;
29: And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him
all the days of his life.
30: And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily
rate for every day, all the days of his
life. |
3570 |
| Time span
between the end of the reign of the Kings until Christ [see
supporting detail] End of exact figures |
|
Matthew 1 |
17 |
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from
David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from
the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
[+/-
430 years] |
4000 |
| Christ is born |
| As of this table's creation, it
is the year 2002 Anno Domini |
6002 |
Ok, there are the facts. I have researched the Bible
myself, and presented them as clearly as I am able. Now it is up to you
what to do with the information. There is simply nowhere to add any more time. The Bible lays it all out.
It is up to you whether or not to believe. You can no longer say you have
not had the age of the Earth explained to you. Selah.
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Supporting Detail
Throne changes hands rapidly around 3284
II Kings 10: 35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria.
And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
36: And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight
years.
[Six years as ruler of Judah, as well. If you are not already familiar with the
tribal split, though Israel and Judah are one people, they have been separated
into different kingdoms. Although Jehu reigns for 28 years, only 7 of it is as
the one kings of both tribes, at which time Jehoash, the son of one of the King
Jehu slew to get his throne, begins to reign over Judah, again creating 2
kingdoms. You may read the corresponding chapters for more detail. For the
purposes of our count, suffice to say that only 7 years of Jehu's reign affect
us, as we only need to count the kings of one tribe, and we are counting the
reign of the Kings of Judah.]
[Athaliah immediately usurps throne
from Jehoahaz- throne is, in turn, usurped from her]
II Kings 11: 1 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son
was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
2: But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the
son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and
they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that
he was not slain.
3: And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did
reign over the land.
4: And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with
the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD,
and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the
LORD, and shewed them the king's son...
12: And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave
him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped
their hands, and said, God save the king.
20: And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they
slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.
21: Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
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Time span
between the end of the reign of the Kings until Christ as an arbitrary
figure
If you figure a generation (meaning the time span between a man
and his child's births) during the time between the carrying away into Babylon
and Christ to be around 30 years, you will get 4000 years total from Creation to
Christ! Granted, placing the arbitrary figure of thirty years as a generation is
simply an average. You may dispute that it was a year or two more or less, but I
think if you were to ask God, He would tell you it is a fair figure. That's what
He told me. No matter which way you look at it, you certainly cannot reasonably
consider the number to be more than twice that. You may add a year or ten by
debating, but if you go purely from scripture, you will find that 4000 years is
the number that we would add to the last two thousand years (at time of this
writing, it is the year Anno Domini 2002) to get
Six Thousand (and two) Years of Creation!
Allowing of course for a month here and a month there, we still don't add up to
one percent of a million.
If you figure a generation (meaning the time span between a man and his child's
births) during the time between the carrying away into Babylon and Christ to be
around 30 years, you will get 4000 years total from Creation to Christ! Granted,
placing the arbitrary figure of thirty years as a generation is simply an
average. You may dispute that it was a year or two more or less, but I think if
you were to ask God, He would tell you it is a fair figure. That's what He told
me. No matter which way you look at it, you certainly cannot reasonably consider
the number to be more than twice that. You may add a year or ten by debating,
but if you go purely from scripture, you will find that 4000 years is the number
that we would add to the last two thousand years (at time of this writing, it is
the year Anno Domini 2002) to get
Six Thousand (and two) Years of Creation!
Allowing of course for a month here and a month there, we still don't add up to
one percent of a million.
If you figure a generation (meaning the time span between a man and his child's
births) during the time between the carrying away into Babylon and Christ to be
around 30 years, you will get 4000 years total
from Creation to Christ! Granted, placing the arbitrary figure of thirty
years as a generation is simply an average. You may dispute that it was a
year or two more or less, but I think if you were to ask God, He would tell you
it is a fair figure. That's what He told me. No matter which way you
look at it, you certainly cannot reasonably consider the number to be more than
twice that. You may add a year or ten by debating, but if you go purely
from scripture, you will find that 4000 years is the number that we would add to
the last two thousand years (at time of this writing, it is the year Anno Domini
2002) to get Six
Thousand (and two) Years of Creation!
Allowing of course for a month here and a month there, we still don't add up to
one percent of a million.
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