Timeline of the Bible · Creation to the Flood
Mahalaleel
Life · 3609–2714 BC
What the Bible Says
- “Cainan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalaleel” Genesis 5:12
- “Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years” Genesis 5:16
- “all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years” Genesis 5:17
Each year here fits these numbers, as the years between the points they count from.
Family
The Years
- Born 3609 BC
- “Mahalaleel was born when Cainan his father had lived 70 years, [ c.”
- Died 2714 BC
- “Mahalaleel, the fifth from Adam died”
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.
