trust this great and mighty controuersie, will be plaine and ea∣sie to thee.
The first age.
The 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.
The particular summes of the yeeres be these;
- 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.
The second age.
The second age, from the deluge, to the birth of Abraham, containeth 353. yeres, and ten dayes; whereof this is a plaine demonstration.