Event

First Territorial Division of the Earth

CFAH's first stage of the division of the earth among Noah's descendants (Gen 10:5, 25, 32), dated 2254/2253 B.C.

Sort year2254/2253 BC

Tier 1 · CFAH anchor point

Tier 1: CFAH anchor point: 2254/2253 B.C. (AP-27)

Description

CFAH-4 treats the territorial division as a seven-year process beginning 2254 B.C. and finalized 2247 B.C. (AP-27, AP-28). Derived from Berossus's 34,080 days from the Flood to the first dynasty of Babylon plus Cush's 62-year reign, counted back from the Dispersion.

Scripture

Chronologies

Dates for First Territorial Division of the Earth, CFAH first
Chronology	Date as stated	Year (BC / AM)	Citation & note
CFAH anchor point	2254/2253 B.C. Precision: year-range	2254/2253 BC	Griffith & White, "Chronological Framework of Ancient History. 4: Dating Creation and the Deluge," ARJ 16 (2023): 475–489, section "AP-27: First Territorial Division: 2254/2253 B.C." (opens in a new tab) Sets sort year
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	Not yet established	—	— Ussher has no separate first division; he links the division to Peleg's birth (1757 AM, 2247 BC) conditionally. See final-territorial-division.
Jordan secondary	Not yet established	—	— Jordan does not distinguish a first territorial division; he treats the division of Gen 10:25 as the Babel scattering, which he places arbitrarily in AM 1871 (see final-territorial-division / dispersion). Not stated in the Jordan sources read (Biblical Horizons "Biblical Chronology" category, all 9 pages; garynorth.com archive of Biblical Chronology 1989-1996). Left empty, not inferred.
Biblical statements (direct Scripture data)	"in his [Peleg's] days was the earth divided"; "by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood" Precision: unknown	—	Gen 10:5, 10:25, 10:32 (opens in a new tab) Scripture gives no year for the division beyond Peleg's lifetime.

People

CFAH charts

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CFAH-2 · Fig. 5

The Era of Babel and Founding of Nations.

Era of the Tower of Babel : 2233–2191 BC
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Records: Founding of Babel and the Era of the Tower, Confusion of Tongues and Dispersion from Babel, First Territorial Division of the Earth

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CFAH-5 · Fig. 1

Durations to Berossus Period 2.

Period 2—From the Flood to the First Division of the Earth

Image credit (per the paper): Painting of Yao by Kanō Sansetsu.Japan, Edo period, 1632. Kanō Sansetsu (狩野山雪 1589–1651) “Japanese painting of the legendary Chinese Emperor Yao, by Kanō Sansetsu. From a folio depicting varioius Con…
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Records: The Flood, First Territorial Division of the Earth

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