Era 1 of 13

Creation to the Flood

4004–2348 BC1656 years

From the six days of creation through the Fall and the long lives of Adam’s descendants, to the Flood.

How the dates are set: Boundaries from Ussher.

Events 10

Creation 4004 BC
In six days God made the heavens, the earth, and everything in them, and on the seventh day he rested.
Adam and Eve created 4004 BC
On the sixth day God formed Adam from the dust, made Eve from his side, and placed them in the garden of Eden.
The Fall 4004 BC
Adam and Eve disobeyed God, bringing sin and death into the world, and God promised a Rescuer.
Cain murders Abel 3875 BC
Cain, angry that God accepted Abel's offering and not his, killed his brother: the first human death recorded.
People begin to call on Yahweh's name 3769 BC
In the days of Seth's son Enosh, people began to worship God publicly by name.
Adam dies 3074 BC
Adam died at 930, having lived to know eight generations of descendants down to Lamech, Noah's father.
God takes Enoch 3017 BC
Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and at 365 God took him without his dying.
God's 120-year warning 2468 BC
As violence filled the earth, God announced judgment but gave 120 years, and Noah found favor with him.
Methuselah dies 2348 BC
Methuselah, the longest-lived person in the Bible, died at 969 in the year of the Flood.
The global Flood 2348–2347 BC
God judged a violent world with a worldwide Flood, saving Noah, his family, and representatives of every kind of land animal aboard the ark.