AGES OF THE WORLD

There have been generally reckoned six ages from the creation of the world to the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

YEARS

* The first, from the creation to the flood containing a period of 1656

* The second, from Noah to Abraham 425

* The third, from Abraham to the going forth of Israel from Egypt 430

* The fourth, from the departure from Egypt to Solomon's temple 479

* The fifth from Solomon's in the captivity in Babylon 424

* The sixth, from the going into Babylon to the coming of Christ 584