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CHRONOLOGY OF GEN. II

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 8, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 24.

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CHRONOLOGY OF GEN. II.

By John Matteson

The following table shows how the lives of the 12 generations following Noah were shortened by degrees. Also how much quicker one generation followed after the other.
1. Shem, born A. M. 1556, was 102 years old when he begat his first son; lived 602 years; died A. M. 2158.
2. Arphaxad, born A. M. 1658, was 35 years old when he begat his first son; lived 438 years; died A. M. 2096.
3. Salah, born A. M. 1698, was 30 years old when he begat his first son; lived 433 years; died A. M. 2026.
4. Eber, born A. M. 1723, was 34 years old when he begat his first son; lived 464 years; died A. M. 2187.
5. Peleg, born A. M. 1757, was 30 years old when he begat his first son; lived 239 years; died A. M. 1996.
6. Reu, born A. M. 1787, was 32 years old when he begat his first son; lived 239 years; died A. M. 2026.
7. Serug, born A. M. 1819, was 30 years old when he begat his first son; lived 230 years; died A. M. 2049.
8. Nahor, born A. M. 1849, was 29 years old when he begat his first son; lived 148 years; died A. M. 1997.
9. Terah, born A. M. 1878, was 70 years old when he begat his first son; lived 205 years; died A. M. 2083.
10. Abraham, born A. M. 1948, was 100 years old (Gen. xxi.) when he begat his first son; lived 175 years (Gen. xxv.); died A. M. 2123.
11. Isaac, born A. M. 2048, was 60 years old (Gen. xxv.) when he begat his first son; lived 180 years; (chap. xxxv) died A. M. 2228.
12. Jacob, born A. M. 2108, was 78 years old when he begat his first son; lived 147 years; (chap. xlvii,) died A. M. 2255.
This shows that Shem, the son of Noah, lived to see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And Abraham died 35 years before Shem died.
It is also wonderful to see during how many generations Noah lived. He saw 7 generations before the flood, and 10 generations after the flood. He lived 84 years with Enos the third from Adam, and 58 years with Abraham the twentieth from Adam.
JOHN MATTESON.