Chronological Table of Persons

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As an aid to the memory, we have appended a brief sentence after each person named in the following tables; such help is not needed in the events.
B. C.
4004 Adam created; lived 930 years. (Figure of Him that was to come.)
3876 Abel martyred; lived 128 years. (First of the long line of martyrs.)
3874 Birth of Seth; lived 912 years. (The appointed heir of the world.)
3769 Birth of Enos; lived 905 years. (Men began to call upon the name of the Lord. Gen. 4:2626And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord. (Genesis 4:26).)
3679 Birth of Cainan; lived 910 years. (The fourth from Adam.)
3609 Birth of Mahalaleel; lived 895 years. (Name meaning “Praise of God.”)
3544 Birth of Jared; lived 962 years. (The second longest living person.)
3382 Birth of Enoch; lived 365 years. (Delivered the earliest prophecy on record. Jude 1414And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, (Jude 14).)
3317 Birth of Methuselah: lived 969 years. (The longest living person before the flood or since.)
3130 Birth of Lamech; lived 777 years. (Age denoting threefold perfection.)
2948 Birth of Noah; lived 950 years. (The tenth in descent from Adam.)
2448 Birth of Japheth. (Progenitor of the Gentiles.)
2346 Birth of Arphaxad. (Line of grace in Shem’s third son.)
2281 Birth of Heber. (From whence the Hebrews derive their name.)
2247 Birth of Peleg. (In whose days the earth was divided.)
2126 Birth of Terah. (Father of Abram, and an idolater. Josh. 24:22And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. (Joshua 24:2).)
1996 Birth of Abram. (Representative character of the Old Testament.)
1920 Birth of Ishmael. (Progenitor of the Ishmaelites.)
1896 Birth of Isaac. (Figure of Christ raised from the dead in type. Heb. 11:1919Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. (Hebrews 11:19).)
1837 Birth of Jacob and Esau. (The twin brothers.)
1758 Birth of Reuben. (Eldest of the twelve sons of Jacob.)
1755 Birth of Judah. (The royal tribe, from whence the Messiah came.)
1745 Birth of Joseph (Type of Christ in suffering and glory.)
1574 Birth of Aaron. (Israel’s first high priest, and eminent type of Christ.)
1571 Birth of Moses. (Israel’s great saviour, figures Christ delivering Israel.)
1155 Birth of Samson. (The Nazarite judge, and mighty in strength.)
1137 Birth of Samuel. (The first of the long line of prophets. Acts 3:2424Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. (Acts 3:24).)
1085 Birth of David. (The warrior king, type of Christ in conflict.)
1033 Birth of Solomon. (The peaceful king, type of Christ in glory.)
1016 Birth of Rehoboam. (Solomon’s only son recorded in Scripture.)