Timeline of the Bible · The Flood to Abram
The Flood
Event · 2349–2348 BC
What the Bible Says
- “In the six hundredth year of Noah's life” Genesis 7:11
- “in the six hundredth and first year” Genesis 8:13
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
The Years
- Began 2349 BC
- “In the 600 year of the life of Noah”
- Ended 2348 BC
- “Upon the 27 of the second month, ( Dec. 18 falling upon thursday, ) when the earth was wholy dry, by the commandment of God, Noah went forth”
Dated by Archbishop James Ussher’s Annals of the World (1658), quoted as printed, whose dates were printed in the margins of King James Bibles for two centuries.
