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== Biblical Genealogy ==
== Biblical Genealogy ==
:''Main Article: [[Biblical Genealogy]]''
:''Main Article: [[Biblical genealogy]]''
The year of creation is 1 AM ([[Anno Mundi]], year of the world). [[James Ussher]] calculated the date of creation as October 23, 4004 BC. This date fell on the Sunday nearest the autumnal [[equinox]].<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pgh. 1</ref> Pierre Simon Laplace, as quoted by Martin Anstey, observed that this date occurred in a year when the equinoxes were aligned with the major axis of the orbit of the [[earth]] around the [[sun]].<ref name=Laplace>Anstey, Martin. ''The Romance of Biblical Chronology''. London: Marshall Bros., 1913, pp. 48-49. Cited in Jones, Floyd N. ''The Chronology of the New Testament'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004 (ISBN 9780890514160), pp. 26-27</ref>
The year of creation is 1 AM ([[Anno Mundi]], year of the world). [[James Ussher]] calculated the date of creation as October 23, 4004 BC. This date fell on the Sunday nearest the autumnal [[equinox]].<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pgh. 1</ref> Pierre Simon Laplace, as quoted by Martin Anstey, observed that this date occurred in a year when the equinoxes were aligned with the major axis of the orbit of the [[earth]] around the [[sun]].<ref name=Laplace>Anstey, Martin. ''The Romance of Biblical Chronology''. London: Marshall Bros., 1913, pp. 48-49. Cited in Jones, Floyd N. ''The Chronology of the Old Testament'', Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004 (ISBN 9780890514160), pp. 26-27</ref>
Adam was created on the sixth day, and {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5}} gives the dates of the birth of Adam's descendants, each expressed as a year in the life of his father. {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=11|verses=10-26}} continues the line beginning with [[Shem]] and proceeding to [[Abraham]], [[Nahor]], and [[Haran]]. {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=11|verses=27-32}} and {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=12|verses=1-4}} give further details to fix the birth of Abraham and the time of his entry into Canaan.
Adam was created on the sixth day, and {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5}} gives the dates of the birth of Adam's descendants, each expressed as a year in the life of his father. {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=11|verses=10-26}} continues the line beginning with [[Shem]] and proceeding to [[Abraham]], [[Nahor]], and [[Haran]]. {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=11|verses=27-32}} and {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=12|verses=1-4}} give further details to fix the birth of Abraham and the time of his entry into Canaan.
=== Sons of Terah ===
=== Sons of Terah ===
{| class="wikitable"
{{#ask:[[Son of::Terah]]|?Born|?Died|?Name means|format=table|mainlabel=Name|sort=Born|order=asc}}
| 1948 AM (2056 BC)
| 2082 AM (1922 BC)
|
|-
| [[Nahor]]
| 2006 AM (1998 BC)
|
== Biblical Chronology ==
== Biblical Chronology ==
: ''Main Article: [[Biblical chronology]]''
: ''Main Article: [[Biblical chronology]]''