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