Time Line

BIBLE TIME-LINE

This time line is a work in progress, and is a result of my own findings as I study thoroughly through the Bible. The time line currently contains dates for events found in Genesis through to the end of Exodus (Exodus does not give a lot of dates). The timeline does draw on texts from other parts of Scripture every now and then.

Any time Biblical time line is only as accurate as the assumptions it makes. Any assumptions are provided in the explanation, however the assumptions that affect the whole time line are as follows:

That creation was year 0. Some time lines start it from the year 1, which means the whole time line may be a year out if the other interpretation is correct.
That the texts the time line is built on are there for the purpose of building and accurate time line of earths history. For example the Bible tells us that Adam was 130 years old when he had Seth, however it does not give the exact day of Seth’s birth, and therefore we have to assume that Seth had Enos in the year 235 even though it is possible for example, that Adam was 130 years and 11 months old when he had Seth, and Seth was 105 years and 7 months old when he had Enos, which means that the birth of Enos was actually in the year 236. This assumption happens all the way through Scripture, and any time line based on the Bible has to assume the same thing.

The explanation for most dates are given with the event. For events that require detail, we will provide a hyperlink to the explanation instead.

Note that this is mostly based on the KJV version of the Bible, with a little influence from other versions where necessary, but any comments that may be version specific are based on the KJV unless stated otherwise.

AM (Years After Creation)	Event	Explanation
0 (days 1 through 7)	Creation	Genesis Chapters 1 & 2
	The Fall	Assumes Genesis 3:1 through to Genesis 5:3 happen chronologically, and Cain definately killed Abel after the fall.
	Cain was Born	Genesis 4:1,2 - Cain was born before Abel
	Abel was Born	Genesis 4:1,2 - Abel was born after Cain
	Cain kills Abel	Well Cain and Abel had to be born before this was even possible and in Genesis 4:25 Eve states that "God had appointed her another son in place of Abel", which suggests Abel was killed before Seth was born.
130	Seth was born	Genesis 5:3 - Adam was 130 years old when Seth was born.
235	Enos was born	Genesis 5:6 - Seth was 105 when Enos was born.
325	Cainan was born	Genesis 5:9 - Enos was 90 when Cainan was born.
395	Mahalaleel was born	Genesis 5:12 - Cainan was 70 when Mahalaleel was born.
460	Jared was born	Genesis 5:15 - Mahalaleel was 65 when Jared was born.
622	Enoch was born	Genesis 5:18 - Jared was 162 when Enoch was born.
687	Methuselah was born	Genesis 5:21 - Enoch was 65 when Methuselah was born.
874	Lamech was born	Genesis 5:25 - Methuselah was 87 years when Lamech was born.
930	Adam died	Genesis 5:5 - Adam was 930 years old when he died.
987	Enoch went to heaven	Genesis 5:23 - Enoch went to heaven when he was 365
1042	Seth died	Genesis 5:8 - Seth was 912 when he died
1056	Noah was born	Genesis 5:28,29 - Lamech was 182 when Noah was born
1140	Enos died	Genesis 5:11 - Enos was 905 when he died.
1235	Cainan died	Genesis 5:14 - Cainan was 910 when he died
1290	Mahalaleel died	Genesis 5:17 - Mahalaleel was 895 when he died
1422	Jared Died	Genesis 5:20 - Jared was 962 when he died
1556	Japeth was born	Genesis 5:32 - See Notes on Shem, Ham, and Japeth
1558	Shem was born	Genesis 11:10 - See Notes on Shem, Ham, and Japeth
	Ham was born	Genesis 9:24 - See Notes on Shem, Ham, and Japeth
1651	Lamech died	Genesis 5:31 - Lamech was 777 when he died
1656	Methuselah died	Genesis 5:27 - Methuselah was 969 when he died - we assume he died before the flood rather than during the flood as the Geneology in Genesis 5 lists the line of people that followed God, and therefore he would likely have entered the ark as well if he were alive at the time. (Notice everyone else mentiioned in Genesis 5 (except Noah) died prior to the flood).
Months provided for the flood are based on twelve thirty day months a year which makes a Jewish year. This may be incorrect, but it does not affect the rest of the time line.
1656 - 10th day of 2nd month	Noah and family enter the ark	Genesis 7:10 - They entered the ark 7 days before the flood actually starts.
1656 - 17th day of 2nd month	The flood starts	Genesis 7:11
1656 - 27th day of 3rd month	The rain stops and God sends a wind to dry up the waters	Genesis 7:12,17 - It rained for forty days and nights
1656 - 17th day of 7th month	The ark rests in the Mountains of Ararat	Genesis 8:4
1656 - 27th day of 8th month	The amount of water on the earth is reduced	Gensis 7:24 & 8:3 - The word abated (KJV) in Gen 8:3 simply means reduced. The water was still covering the mountains until the 1st day of the 10th month, so the water was still cleary on the earth at this point.
1656 - 1st day of 10th month	The tops of the mountains were seen	Genesis 8:5
1656 - 11th day of 11th month	Noah opens the window of the ark and sends out a Raven	Genesis 8:6,7
1656 - 18th day of 11th month	Noah sends the dove out for the first time	Genesis 8:8,10 - Gen 8:10 states that he sent the dove out the second time after "ANOTHER" 7 days, which implies it was also 7 days between sending out the Raven and sending the dove out for the first time
1656 - 25th day of 11th month	Noah sends the dove out for the second time	Genesis 8:10 - Noah sends the dove out the second time 7 days after the first attempt.
1656 - 2nd day of 12th month	Noah sends the dove out for the third time. This time it does not return	Genesis 8:12 - Noah sends the dove out the third time 7 days after the second attempt
1657 - 1st day of 1st month	Noah removes the covering of the ark and sees that the ground was dry	Genesis 8:13 - dry here must mean that the water had disappeared, but the ground was still muddy, because Genesis 8:14 indicates that it took almost another 2 months for the ground to dry completely.
1657 - 27th day of 2nd month	The ground was dry and Noah and his family exit the ark	Genesis 8:14
1658	Arphaxad was born	Genesis 11:10 - Arphaxad was born 2 years after the flood when shem was 100 years old (See Notes on Shem, Ham, and Japeth as to why the 2 years commence from the start of the flood.
1693	Salah was born	Genesis 11:12 - Arphaxad was 35 when Salah was born
1723	Eber was born	Genesis 11:14 - Salah was 30 when Eber was born.
1757	Peleg was born	Genesis 11:16 - Eber was 34 when Peleg was born.
1787	Reu was born	Genesis 11 :18 - Peleg was 30 when Reu was born.

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