Abraham's Forefathers Lived a LONG Time!

  NOAH SHEM # ARPHAXED SALEH # EBER # PELEG REU SERUG NAHOR TERAH
AGE AT DEATH 950 600 438 433 464 239 234 230 148 205
REMAINING YEARS AFTER SON BORN 448 500 403 403 430 209 202 200 119

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AGE WHEN SON BORN 502? (Shem) 100 (Arphaxed) 35 (Saleh) 30 (Eber) 34 (Peleg) 30 (Reu) 32 (Serug) 30 (Nahor) 29 (Terah) 70(?) (Abraham)
AGE WHEN GRANDSON BORN 602 (Arphaxed) 135 (Saleh) 65 (Eber) 64 (Peleg) 64 (Reu) 62 (Serug) 62 (Nahor) 59 (Terah) 99 (Abraham)

AGE WHEN GREAT-GRANDSON BORN 637 (Saleh) 165 (Eber) 99 (Peleg) 94 (Reu) 96 (Serug) 92 (Nahor) 91(Terah) 129 (Abraham)

AGE WHEN GREAT-GREAT GRANDSON BORN 667 (Eber) 199 (Peleg) 129 (Reu) 126 (Serug) 126 (Nahor) 121 (Terah) 161 (Abraham)

3-GREAT 701 (Peleg) 229 (Reu) 161 (Serug) 156 (Nahor) 155 (Terah) 191 (Abraham)

4-GREAT 731 (Reu) 261 (Serug) 191 (Nahor) 185 (Terah) 225 (Abraham)

5-GREAT 763 (Serug) 291 (Nahor) 220 (Terah) 255 (Abraham)

6-GREAT 801 (Nahor) 320 (Terah) 290 (Abraham)

7-GREAT 822 (Terah) 390 (Abraham)

8-GREAT 892 (Abraham)

YEARS LEFT IN LIFE WHEN ABRAHAM BORN 49 210 148 178 239 48 73 101 49

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NOTES
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The Bible says Terah, Abraham's father, had his three sons by the age of 70. Abraham was listed first but we don't know for sure the birth order. Abraham was 75 when he left Haran which is where Terah died at the age of 205. It isn't clear on how long Abraham lived in Haran after Terah died as they had all dwelt there a while (Gen 11:31) but it doesn't say how long.

The Bible says Noah had his three sons by the age of 500.
Shem was listed first over and over yet it is unclear if he was oldest.  Gen 10:21 refers to Japheth as the elder (or possibly more important) brother.  In Gen 9:24 Noah referred to Ham as his younger son.  In Gen 9:24-27 Noah might be rearranging the seniority of his sons because of what Ham did to him.

So, since Shem had Arphaxed two years after the flood (Gen 11:10) at the age of 100 and Noah was 600 at the time the waters of the flood were upon the earth (Gen 10:7-11) I'm going to guess that Noah was 602 when Arphaxed was born.

Abraham lived to be 175 and was 86 when Ishmael was born and 100 when Isaac was born.
Thought to ponder: All people on earth that Abraham encountered were descended from Noah and were within 10 generations of being his own relatives.

Think about how much food you'd have to prepare for a family reunion!!

# Indicates they outlived Abraham.
I also broke it up into smaller, spaced-out tables below in case you want to print it out.  You might have to scale it down in your browser's print preview mode to make them fit and you might have to do a little cutting and pasting to make a bigger chart.  If you are interested, I have a Microsoft Excel chart of the same information.  If you want a copy here it is. Just save it to your computer.

You may have to tweak it a bit to make it look good by changing fonts, font size, etc.




NOAH SHEM #
AGE AT DEATH 950 600
REMAINING YEARS AFTER SON BORN 450 500
AGE WHEN SON BORN 502? (Shem) 100 (Arphaxed)
AGE WHEN GRANDSON BORN 602 (Arphaxed) 135 (Saleh)
AGE WHEN GREAT-GRANDSON BORN 637 (Saleh) 165 (Eber)
AGE WHEN GREAT-GREAT GRANDSON BORN 667 (Eber) 199 (Peleg)
3-GREAT 701 (Peleg) 229 (Reu)
4-GREAT 731 (Reu) 261 (Serug)
5-GREAT 763 (Serug) 291 (Nahor)
6-GREAT 801 (Nahor) 320 (Terah)
7-GREAT 822 (Terah) 390 (Abraham)
8-GREAT 892 (Abraham)

YEARS LEFT IN LIFE WHEN ABRAHAM BORN 58 210


ARPHAXED SALEH #
AGE AT DEATH 438 433
REMAINING YEARS AFTER SON BORN 403 403
AGE WHEN SON BORN 35 (Saleh) 30 (Eber)
AGE WHEN GRANDSON BORN 65 (Eber) 64 (Peleg)
AGE WHEN GREAT-GRANDSON BORN 99 (Peleg) 94 (Reu)
AGE WHEN GREAT-GREAT GRANDSON BORN 129 (Reu) 126 (Serug)
3-GREAT 161 (Serug) 156 (Nahor)
4-GREAT 191 (Nahor) 185 (Terah)
5-GREAT 220 (Terah) 255 (Abraham)
6-GREAT 290 (Abraham)

7-GREAT

8-GREAT

YEARS LEFT IN LIFE WHEN ABRAHAM BORN 148 178


EBER # PELEG
AGE AT DEATH 464 239
REMAINING YEARS AFTER SON BORN 430 209
AGE WHEN SON BORN 34 (Peleg) 30 (Reu)
AGE WHEN GRANDSON BORN 64 (Reu) 62 (Serug)
AGE WHEN GREAT-GRANDSON BORN 96 (Serug) 92 (Nahor)
AGE WHEN GREAT-GREAT GRANDSON BORN 126 (Nahor) 121 (Terah)
3-GREAT 155 (Terah) 191 (Abraham)
4-GREAT 225 (Abraham)

5-GREAT

6-GREAT

7-GREAT

8-GREAT

YEARS LEFT IN LIFE WHEN ABRAHAM BORN 239 48


REU SERUG
AGE AT DEATH 234 230
REMAINING YEARS AFTER SON BORN 202 200
AGE WHEN SON BORN 32 (Serug) 30 (Nahor)
AGE WHEN GRANDSON BORN 62 (Nahor) 59 (Terah)
AGE WHEN GREAT-GRANDSON BORN 91(Terah) 129 (Abraham)
AGE WHEN GREAT-GREAT GRANDSON BORN 161 (Abraham)

3-GREAT

4-GREAT

5-GREAT

6-GREAT

7-GREAT

8-GREAT

YEARS LEFT IN LIFE WHEN ABRAHAM BORN 73 101


NAHOR TERAH
AGE AT DEATH 149 205
REMAINING YEARS AFTER SON BORN 120 75
AGE WHEN SON BORN 29 (Terah) 130? (Abraham)
AGE WHEN GRANDSON BORN 99 (Abraham)

AGE WHEN GREAT-GRANDSON BORN

AGE WHEN GREAT-GREAT GRANDSON BORN

3-GREAT

4-GREAT

5-GREAT

6-GREAT

7-GREAT

8-GREAT

YEARS LEFT IN LIFE WHEN ABRAHAM BORN 50 75



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