Ages of the Patriarchs


Patriarch's Name Age at Son's Birth
 Age at Death
Masoretic Hebrew Samaritan Text Greek Old Testament (LXX)
Adam 130 130 230 930
Seth 105 105 205 912
Enosh 90 90 190 905
Kenan 70 70 170 910
Mahalalel 65 65 165 895
Jared 162 62 162 962
947 (Sam.)
Enoch 65 65 165 365 was not
Methuselah 187 67 167 969
Lamech 182 53 188 777
753 (LXX)
653 (Sam.)
Noah 500 Japheth
502 Shem		 500 Japheth
502 Shem		 500 Japheth
502 Shem		 950
Shem 100 100 100 600
Arpachshad 35 135 135 438
565 (LXX)
Kainon/Cainan not in Massoretic not in Samaritan 130 460
Shelah 30 130 130 433
460 (LXX)
Eber 34 134 134 464
504 (LXX)
404 (Sam.)
Peleg 30 130 130 239
339 (LXX)
Reu 32 132 132 239
339 (LXX)
Serug 30 130 130 230
330 (LXX)
Nahor 29 79 79 148
199 (LXX)
Terah 70 Nahor
130 Abram (?)		 70 70 Nahor
130 Abram (??)		 205
145 (Sam.)
Abram 100 100 100 175
Terah's age at Abram's birth is calculated to be 130 based on the assumption that Abram left Haran after his father's death at 205 when Abram was 75.  The LXX has Terah dying after living in Haran 205 years which would mean Abram left while his father was alive.

For more information, see [http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2017/04/26/From-Adam-to-Abraham-An-Update-on-the-Genesis-5-and-11-Research-Project.aspx].

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