A Biblical Chronology

According to the Geneva Bible

A BIBLICAL CHRONOLOGY
FROM ADAM TO CHRIST
(From the Geneva Bible)
FROM ADAM TO NOAH'S
FLOOD WAS 1656 YEARS.
For when Adam was 130 years old he
begat Seth.
Seth being 105 years old, begat
Enos.
Enos being 90 years, begat Cainan.
Cainan being 70 years, begat Mahala-
leel.
Mahalaleel being 65 years, begat
Jared.
Jared at the age of 162 years, begat
Enoch.
Enoch being 65 years, begat Methu-
selah.
Methuselah at the age of 187 years,
begat Larnech.
Lamech being 182 years, begat
Noah.
Noah at the coming of the flood was
600 years old, according to the seventh
chapter of Genesis.
The whole sum of the years is 1656.
FROM NOAH'S FLOOD TO ABRA-
HAM'S DEPARTURE FROM CHAL-
DEA WAS 363 YEARS AND TEN
DAYS.
The flood continued one year and ten
days.
Shem, Noah's son, be gat Arphaxat 2
years after that
Arphaxat begat Salah when he was
35 years.
Salah being 30 years old, begat He-
ber.
Heber at age 34 years, begat Phalecb.
Phalech being 30 years, begat Regu.
Regu being 32 years, begat Saruch.
Saruch being 30 years, begat Nahor.
Nahor being 29 years, begat Terah.
Terah being 70 years, begat Abra-
ham.
Abraham departed from Chaldea when
he was 70 years old
These years amount to 363 years and
ten days.
FROM ABRAHAM'S DEPAR-
TURE FROM UR OF TIIE CHAL-
DEES TO THE EXODUS OF THE
CHll.DREN OF ISRAEL FROM
EGYPT IS 430 YEARS.
Abraham was in Charran 5 years, and
departed in his 75th year.
He begat Isaac when he was 100
years old, 25 years after his departure.
Isaac be gat Jacob when he was 60
years.
Jacob went into Egypt with all his
family, when he was 130 years.
Israel was in Egypt 220 years, which
remain from that time.
Then subtract 80 years from this
number, for that is how old Moses was
when he led the Israelites out of Egypt
So the rest of the years were 130,
divided between Amram and Olath.
Then Chath begat Amram at the age
of 67 years.
Amrarn being 65 years, begat Moses,
who iri his 80th year, departed with the
Israelites from Egypt
So the amount of time passed was
430 years, as mentioned in Exodus 12
and Genesis 3.
FROM THE EXODUS OF THE
ISRAELITES FROM EGYPT TO
THE FIRST BUILDING OF THE
'IEMPLE WAS 480 YEARS.
Moses remained in the wilderness for
40 years.
Joshua and Othaniel ruled 40 years.
Aioth ruled 70 years.
Deborah 40 years.
Gideon 40 years.
Abimelech 3 years.
Thela 23 years.
Jair 22 years.
Then Israel was without a judge until
the 18th year of Jephthah.
Jepthah ruled 6 years.
Abissam 7 years.
Elom 10 years.
Abaton 8 years.
Sampson 20 years.
Eli, as judge and priest, 44 years.
Samuel and Saul reigned 40 years.
David was King for 40 years.
Solomon in the 4th year of his reign
began the building of the temple.
The amount of years was 480 ac-
cording to I Kings 6.
FROM THE FIRST BUILDING OF
THE TEMPLE TO THE BABY-
LONIAN CAPTIVITY WAS 419
YEARS AND A HALF.
Solomon reigned another 36 years.
Rehoboam 17 years.
Abia 3 years.
Asa 41 years.
Jehosaphat 25 years.
Joram 8 years.
Ochasias 1 year.
Athalia the Queen 7 years.
Joash 40 years.
.Amaziah 29 years.
Uzziah 52 years.
Joathan 16 years.
Ahaz 16 years.
Hezek:iah 29 years.
Manasseh 55 years.
Amon 2 years.
Josiah 31 years.
Jehoahaz 3 months.
Jehoiak:irn 11 years.
Jehoiak:in 3 months.
And here is the beginning of the
Babylonian Captivity.
The total amount of year8 passed was
419.
JERUSALEM WAS REBUILT
AND REJUVINATED FOR 143
YEARS AFIER THE BABYLONIAN
CAPTIVITY.
The captivity continued 70 years.
The children of Israel were delivered
and restored to their freedom in the flrst
year of Cyrus.
The rebuilding of the temple was be-
gun in the 2nd year of Cyrus and fin-
ished in the 46th year, which was the
; 6th year of Darius.
After Darius had reigned 20 years,
Nehemiah was restored to liberty and
returned to build the city of Jerusalem,
(Continued on page 37)
The Counsel or Chalcedon, March, 1988 -------------------------P&Je 19
Biblical Chronology
Continued from page 19
which was completed in the 32nd year
of Darius.
All the years from the rebuilding of
the temple were 26 years.
The amount of time passed was 143
years.
FROM TIIB REBUILDING OF
JERUSALEM TO THE INCARNA-
TION OF CHRIST WAS 483 YEARS.
It is mentioned in Daniel 9 that Jeru-
salem would be rebuilt, and that from
that time unto the coming of Christ
would be 67 weeks. Every week stands
for seven years. So 67 weeks amount to
483 years. For from the 32nd year of
Darius to the 42nd year of Augustus of
Rome, in which year our 'Savior Christ
was born, are exactly 483 years.
Therefore from Adam to Christ are
3974 years, six months and ten days.
And from the birth of Christ to this
present year is 1560, (the year this edi-
tion of the Geneva Bible was pub-
lished).
Then the entire number of years from
the beginning of the world to this pre-
sent year of our Lord God, 1560, are
just 5534 years, 6 months, and 10 or so
days.
JOSHUA 1:8
"Let not this boice of the lAw departe
out of thy mouth, but meditate therein
daye and night, that thou mayest ob-
serve and do according to all that is
written therein: so shalt thou make thy
way prosperous, and then shalt thou
have good successe." 0
. -
By This
Standard
The Authority
or God's Law Today
by Greg L. Bahnsen
Anyone interested in the place of
God's Law in our lives and society
today (and every person on the planet,
especially every Christian, should be
interested) should read this book.
Available free for a $15.00 donation
The ou halcedon.
The Wrath of Grapes: Drink-
ing and the Church Divided, by
Andre S. Bustanoby. Baker Book
House, 1987. 135pp, 3 appendices,
$4.95. Reviewed by the Rev. Kenneth
L. Gentry, Jr., Reedy River Presbyter-
ian Church, Greenville, South Caro-
lina.
As one who has himself recently pub-
lished a book on the question of alcohol
consumption from a Christian p e r s p e ~
tive--and by the same publisher, Baker
Book House--, I was most interested in
reviewing Bustanoby's work. I had
heard from Baker Book House that
Baker was going to be publishing this
work, in addition to reprinting my own.
Baker felt that the books were different
enough in style and content to justify
such. And having now read Bustanoby's
book, I agree.
The basic position taken by Busta-
noby (a marriage and family counselor
and former Conservative Baptist pastor)
is that presented in my own book: The
Bible allows the moderate and circum-
spect use of alcohol to God's people, if
they choose to use alcohol. Perhaps I
should note the differences between this
work and my own, so that the reader
may judge as to which book might be
most suitable to his needs, although I
do recommend both.
At the risk of oversimplifying, it
should be noted that the presentation in
my book, The Christian and Alcoholic
Beverages, focuses on the ethical matter
from a rigorous . consideration of the
theological and biblical data. Hence, my
presentation is primarily exegetical and
philosophical. Bustanoby's work does
deal ably with the biblical data, al-
though not as extensively or deeply
His distinctive and helpful contribution
to the debate lies particularly in matters
related to the chemistry of wine-making
(especially in Biblical days) and with
counselling concerns. As the review de"
velops these observations will be de-
monstrated.
Bustanoby opens his work with a
chapter well-stating why advocates of
Christian liberty have published their
positions: "[T]he advocates of Christian
liberty are not primarily interested in
the right to drink. They are concerned
with the larger issue of legalism, which
denies the Christian the right to do
anything the legalist believes is sin."
(pp. 10-11) With this observation I
wholeheartedly concur; certainly this is
the raison d'etre of Christian liberty
publication. Elsewhere he states: "The
Christian's right to drink goes far be-
yond the matter of rights. The larger
issue is the integrity of the Bible, our
only authoritative guide to faith and
practice. The moment we permit false
exegesis in the support of any cause, no
matter how noble, we jeopardize the
Christian faith." (p. 44)
On pages 12-18 the author provides
two extremely helpful surveys--one sur-
veying legalism in the New Testament
church; the other considering legalism
in the modern context. In this section
he comments: "Historical legalism of-
fers an unbiblical substitute for God's
way of restraining sin under grace . .
God's way is to place on us the respons-
ibility to set our own limits on prac-
tices that may be perfectly lawful." (pp.
15-16)
The most helpful chapters, in the pre-
sent reviewer's opinion--chapters well
worth the purchase of the book--, are
Chapters 3 and 4: "Dispelling Myths
About Wine" and "Grape Juice and
Other Myths." In these sections he dis-
cusses the various processes of fermenta-
tion, pointing out the differences in
aerobic fermentation (i.e., with the help
of air) and anaerobic fermentation (i.e.,
without the help of air). He explains
the reasons for "stirring the lees" and
"racking and topping off," explanations
which are helpful to understanding the
fermented quality of wine in Scripture.
He deals with such wine treatments as
sulfuring, boiling, fJ.J.tering, and recon-
The Counsel of Chalcedon, March, 1988 ---------------------------Page 37