Old Testament
'Adam
Adam
4004 BC – 3074 BC
Formed by God from the dust of the ground, into whom God breathed the breath of life (Genesis 2:7). According to the Masoretic genealogy he lived 930 years and then died (Genesis 5:5). Genesis does not state how much time elapsed between the creation account of Genesis 1 and the formation of this man in Genesis 2.
Traditional biblical chronology (Masoretic text) — estimated
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