CHRONOLOGY OF THE PERIOD FROM THE FLOOD TO THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM AT THE DEATH OF TERAH, HIS FATHER.


“Shem begat Arphaxad 2 years after the flood.”
— Genesis 11:10
 

 2 Years


 “Arphaxad lived 35 years and begat Salah.”
— Genesis 11:12

 

 35 years
 

 “Salah lived 30 years and begat Eber.”
— Genesis 11:14

 

 30 Years
 

 "Eber lived 34 years and begat Peleg.’’
— Genesis 11:16

 

 34 Years
 

 “Peleg lived 30 years and begat Reu.”
— Genesis 11:18

 

 30 Years
 

 “Reu lived 32 years and begat Serug.”
— Genesis 11:20

 

 32 Years
 

 
"Serug lived 30 years and begat Nahor.”
— Genesis 11:22

 

 30 Years
 


 "Nahor lived 29 years and begat Terah."
— Genesis 11:24

 


 29 Years
 

 “The days of Terah were 205 years and he died"
— Genesis. 11:32

 

 205 Years
 

 

Total from the flood to the covenant


 

 

1656 Years


 

This. too, is very simple and exact. The next period is not so easily traced; for the direct line of chronology is broken until after the exodus of Israel from Egypt.
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