And Noah was five hundred years old; and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. With Noah the genealogical table closes; he was the last patriarch before the Flood. His three sons are mentioned because each of them became the ancestor of a separate branch of the human family after the Flood.

The following list will aid in giving a correct idea of the time of the patriarchs before the Flood.

Adam created 1, died 930 Seth born 130, died 1042 Enos born 235, died 1140 Cainan born 325, died 1235 Mahalaleel born 395, died 1290 Jared born 460, died 1422 Enoch born 622, taken away 987 Methuselah born 687, died 1656 Lamech born 874, died 1651 Noah born 1056, died 2006

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