Genesis says Adam lived 930 years. It never gives Eve’s age, either when she was made or when she died. When they lived depends on how the genealogies are read: by Archbishop James Ussher’s chronology of 1650, one reading among several, Adam was created in 4004 BC and would be about 6,030 years old today. Genesis counts Adam’s years three ways, and then ends his life in three words: “and he died” (Genesis 5:5). Eve’s years it never counts. What…

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