Creation to the Flood – Mobile Friendly
A simplified timeline from creation to the Flood especially suited to smaller screens.
The Creation Week
God creates the heavens, the earth, and all living things in six days, culminating in human creation and resting on the seventh day.
Adam
The first man, placed in the Garden of Eden. Lived to see nine generations of descendants before dying at age 930.
The Fall of Man & Expulsion
Disobedience in Eden leads to sin and mortality. Adam and Eve are exiled from the Garden.
Birth of Cain and Abel
First children born to Adam and Eve. Cain works the soil, while Abel becomes a shepherd.
The Murder of Abel
Cain murders Abel out of jealousy. Cain receives the Mark of Cain and is banished to Nod.
Seth
Given in place of Abel. Through Seth’s godly line, Noah and humanity survived the Flood.
Enosh
Son of Seth. During his era, people first began to collectively call upon the name of the LORD.
Kenan
Son of Enosh; continued the central ancestral line during rapid population growth.
Mahalalel
Son of Kenan; served as a patriarchal leader across nine centuries.
Jared
Son of Mahalalel; second-longest living patriarch in the biblical record.
Lamech (Descendant of Cain)
7th generation from Adam through Cain. Introduced polygamy and composed the “Song of the Sword.”
Enoch
Walked faithfully with God for 300 years and was taken directly to heaven without physical death.
Methuselah
Son of Enoch; the longest-living person recorded in scripture. Died in the year of the Flood.
Lamech (Father of Noah)
Son of Methuselah. Prophesied that Noah would bring comfort from the laborious cursed ground.
Death of Adam
Adam dies at age 930, having seen eight generations of descendants.
Noah
Righteous man commanded to build the Ark to save creation and human ancestry.
The Ark Command & Building
Noah builds the Ark over decades while preaching righteousness in a corrupt world.
The Great Deluge (Flood)
The earth is submerged for 150 days, ending the Antediluvian Era and re-establishing society.