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Adam dies

3074 BCUssher date

Genesis 5:1–5; 2:17

Adam died at 930, having lived to know eight generations of descendants down to Lamech, Noah's father.

God had warned that eating the forbidden fruit would bring death (Genesis 2:17). Adam's relationship with God broke the day he sinned, and his body finally returned to the dust more than nine centuries later.

Because early lives were so long, very few people were needed to pass down the history of creation. Methuselah lived alongside Adam for 243 years and alongside Noah's son Shem for 98 years, and Shem lived through most of Abraham's life.

Dating notes

Derived directly from the Genesis 5 ages.

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