* 1.1The first age from the creation of the world to the floud, con∣taineth 1656. yeeres; whereof for the Readers better satisfa∣ction, I put downe this plaine demonstration.
Adam was made of the dust of the earth, in the end of the sixt day Genes. 1. vers. 27, 31.
[ 130] Adam begate Seth, when he was 130. yeres old Gen. 5. v. 3
[ 105] Seth begat Enosh, when he was 105. yeres old Gen. 5. v. 6
[ 90] Enosh begat Kenan, when he was 90. yeres old Gen. 5. v. 9
[ 70] Kenan begat Malaleel, being 70. yeeres old, Gen. 5. ver. 12
[ 65] Malaleel begat Iared, being 65. yeeres old, Gen. 5. ver. 15
[ 162] Iared begat Henoch, being 162. yeeres old, Gen. 5. ver. 18
[ 65] Henoch begat Methusalem, being 65. yeres old Ge. 5. v. 21
[ 187] Methusalem begat Lamech, being 187. yeeres olde, Gene. 5. verse 25.
[ 182] Lamech begat Noah, being 182. yeeres old, Gen. 5. ver. 28
[ 600] Noah was 600. yeres old when the floud came Gen. 7. v. 6
The whole summe of yeeres is 1656. and six dayes.
- 130
- 105
- 90
- 70
- 65
- 162
- 65
- 187
- 182
- 600
- 1656
Make addition, and this summe will amount to 1656, to which adde sixe dayes before Adams creation.