Event
Cain Murders Abel
Cain, the firstborn of Adam and Eve, kills his brother Abel; God marks Cain, who goes to the land of Nod. Seth is later given "instead of Abel".
Sort year3874 BC
Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World
Tier 4: Ussher, Annals: Before 130 AM / 3874 BC; "man had been on the earth 128 years" at the murder (no higher-tier year available).
Description
Genesis 4. Abel is commended in Heb 11:4.
Scripture
Chronologies
| Chronology | Date as stated | Year (BC / AM) | Citation & note |
|---|---|---|---|
| CFAH | Not yet established | — | — pending CFAH reference |
| Ussher-Jones | Not yet established | — | — Not stated in the Jones sources read (Chart No. 1; Chronology of the Old Testament 15th ed. 2002, Chronological Compendium p. 1). Leave empty until verified. |
| Ussher | Before 130 AM / 3874 BC; "man had been on the earth 128 years" at the murder Precision: terminus-ante-quem |
3874 BC AM 130 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §13 (under heading 130 AM, 840 JP, 3874 BC) (opens in a new tab) Ussher's wording implies ~AM 128-129 but gives no separate year heading. Sets sort year |
| Jordan secondary | "125? - Cain kills Abel" ("most likely shortly before am 130") Precision: conjectural |
AM 125 | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2)," Biblical Chronology 6:4 (April 1994), §4 "The Chronology of Genesis 4 & 5" (year list) (opens in a new tab) Question mark is Jordan's. Pentateuch Part 1 (BC 6:3) §3 "The Sacrifice of Abel": "it was most likely shortly before am 130, because Seth was born soon after", in the autumn ("at the end of days"). |
| Biblical statements (direct Scripture data) | Before Seth's birth (Adam aged 130) Precision: terminus-ante-quem |
AM 130 | Gen 4:25; Gen 5:3 (opens in a new tab) Eve names Seth as given "instead of Abel, whom Cain slew"; Adam was 130 at Seth's birth. year_am is the latest possible year. |
| MT-Gen | Before AM 130 Precision: terminus-ante-quem |
AM 130 | Gen 4:25; Gen 5:3 (opens in a new tab) |
Disagreements & open questions
- Chronologies disagree Anno Mundi figures differ: AM 125 (Jordan); AM 130 (Biblical statements (direct Scripture data), Ussher, MT-Gen).
- Open question Cain and Abel have no person records yet (outside the Gen 5 line); add if desired.
Flags are generated from the figures stored in the data. The master timeline still sorts by the CFAH-weighted sort year.
Related
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Genesis 4 public-domain
- The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 2) (Biblical Chronology 6:4, April 1994) (opens in a new tab) — §4 year list free-to-read
- The Annals of the World, Deduced from the Origin of Time (1658 English edition), Part One: 4004–176 BC (opens in a new tab) public-domain
- The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 1) (Biblical Chronology 6:3, March 1994) (opens in a new tab) free-to-read
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.