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Creation and Early Earth
No calendar dates (Genesis 1–11)
Dating: Biblical sequence and genealogies only
Relevance
God created the heaven and the earth (). Scripture traces the line from Adam to Noah () and from Shem to Abram (). Luke traces the genealogy of Jesus back to Adam (). No calendar dates are given for this period.
Key events
Biblical sequence
The six days of creation
God created the heaven and the earth in six days and rested the seventh (; ).
Biblical sequence
Eden and the fall
Adam and Eve eat of the forbidden tree and are sent out of the garden ().
Biblical sequence
Cain and Abel
Cain rises up against Abel his brother and slays him ().
In the 600th year of Noah's life (Genesis 7:11)
The Flood
The fountains of the great deep are broken up; Noah, his household, and the animals are kept in the ark ().
Biblical sequence
Covenant with Noah
God sets His bow in the cloud as the token of the covenant ().
Biblical sequence
Tower of Babel
The LORD confounds the language of all the earth and scatters the people ().
Key people
First man
Adam
930 years ()
Formed of the dust of the ground ().
Mother of all living
Eve
Named by Adam ().
Son of Adam
Seth
912 years ()
Born when Adam was 130 years old ().
Walked with God
Enoch
365 years ()
"He was not; for God took him" (; ).
Son of Enoch
Methuselah
969 years ()
The longest lifespan recorded in Scripture ().
Builder of the ark
Noah
950 years ()
Found grace in the eyes of the LORD ().
Son of Noah
Shem
600 years ()
Ancestor of Abram ().
Father of Abram
Terah
205 years ()
Went from Ur of the Chaldees to Haran ().
Books written during or about this period
Genesis (ch. 1–11)