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Genesis Chapter 11
Using the same method we used to chart the data in Genesis chapter 5 (see Study on Genealogy of Genesis 5), let’s chart out the years given to us in Genesis chapter 11 to determine how many years passed from Noah’s birth to Abram’s birth:
In the chart above, each of the blue segments represent generations based on the lifespans of the individuals named in each segment.
The red segments represent spans of time when dating by generation won't work, but the Bible still gives us sufficient information to accurately chart these spans of time. Each segment is explained as follows:
SEGMENT D: This segment begins at the birth of Noah. As was the case at the beginning of time, mankind was very scarce after the flood because only eight people survived it. No one was born the year that Noah died so the Bible gives us additional data to help us put our timeline together. We are told that Noah was 600 years old when the flood came so this segment begins at Noah's birth and ends at the flood, spanning a total of 600 years.
SEGMENT E: The Bible informs us that Shem died 502 years after the flood, so this segment begins at the flood and ends at Shem's death, spanning a total of 502 years. We then resume dating by generations starting with Arphaxad who was a descendant of Shem born the same year that Shem died.
SEGMENT F: Terah is born the same year that Nahor dies. Terah has an immediate son named Abram when he is 130 years old. Once Abram is born God narrows our timeline focus to just his descendants. We cannot continue to chart our timeline based off of Terah's generation because we are not given the data to do so. Therefore, this segment begins at Terah's birth and ends at Abram's birth, spanning a total of 130 years.
When we consider all the information given to us in Genesis Chapter 11 we discover that 3,423 years passed from the birth of Noah to the birth of Abram.
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