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From creation to leaving Egypt, covering about 2,670 years.
taken from Genesis chapters 5 & 11

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calendar year years in sequence genealogy of . . . at age begot life span name means
4115bc 00 Adam & Eve 130 930 yr. red earth
3985bc 130 Seth, Able, Cain 105 912 yr. foundation
3880bc 235 Enos 90 905 yr. mankind
3790bc 325 Cainan 70 910 yr. unknown
3720bc 395 Mahalaleel 65 895 yr. God shines forth
3655bc 460 Jared 162 962 yr. descent
3493bc 622 Enoch 65 365 yr. consecrated
3428bc 687 Methuselah 187 969 yr. unknown
3241bc 874 Lamech 182 777 yr. unknown
3059bc 1056 Noah 503 950 yr. rest
2556bc 1559 Shem, Ham & Japheth  
The flood
Genesis 6 to 8
rained forty days, forty nights
water presided for 150 days.
after 1 year and 10 days Noah came out.
2556bc 1559 Shem, Ham & Japheth 100 600 yr. renown
2456bc 1659 Arphaxad & 4 brothers 35 438 yr. one who heals
2421bc 1691 Salah 30 433 yr. a sprout
2391bc 1721 Eber 34 464 yr. on the other side
2357bc 1755 Peleg & Joktan 30 239 yr. division
2327bc 1785 Reu 32 239 yr. friend
2295bc 1817 Serug 30 230 yr. branch
2265bc 1847 Nahor 29 148 yr. unknown
2236bc 1876 Terah 70 205 yr. unknown
2166bc 1946 Abram, Nahon & Haran
renamed to Abraham
100 175 yr.
Gen 17:5
high father
father of a multitude
2066bc 2046 Isaac & Ishmael 60 180 yr. laughter
2006bc 2106 Jacob & Esau
renamed to Israel
90 130 yr.
Gen 32:28
supplanter
prince with God
~1916bc ~2196 Judah & 11 brothers 31-35 ??? praise
~1885bc ~2127 Perez & Zerah breakthrough
Captivity
in Egypt
430 years in Egypt
Exodus out of Egypt -->     (1445bc.)
1445bc 2670 Red sea crossing; book of Exodus

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