Genesis gives Noah’s ages, not his dates, so every year assigned to him is a calculation. The best known, Archbishop James Ussher’s, has him live from 2948 to 1998 BC, with the flood in 2349 BC. Counts that follow the Greek Septuagint, or allow gaps in the genealogies, place him earlier, and some Christians leave the date open. How do you get a date from Genesis? Genesis 5 runs from Adam to Noah and gives each father’s age when the…

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