Event
The Fall
Tempted by the serpent, Eve and then Adam eat the forbidden fruit; God pronounces the curse, promises the Seed of the woman, and expels them from Eden.
Sort year4004 BC
Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World
Tier 4: Ussher, Annals: "very probable" the 10th day of the world, 1 November, AM 1 / 4004 BC (no higher-tier year available).
Description
Genesis 3. The first promise of the Redeemer (Gen 3:15).
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 | "very probable" the 10th day of the world, 1 November, AM 1 / 4004 BC Precision: conjectural |
4004 BC AM 1 |
Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §9–11 (opens in a new tab) Ussher: "It is very probable, that Adam was turned out of paradise the same day that he was brought into it. This seems to have been on the 10th day of the world. (November 1st)". Sets sort year |
| Jordan secondary | "the fall of man took place on the seventh day, or at the very least quite soon after the creation" Precision: conjectural |
— | Jordan, "The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 1)," Biblical Chronology 6:3 (March 1994), §2 "When Did Adam Fall?" (opens in a new tab) Jordan gives a day (the seventh day), not an Anno Mundi year; year_am left null. |
| Biblical statements (direct Scripture data) | After Creation week and before the birth of Cain Precision: unknown |
— | Gen 3; Gen 4:1 (opens in a new tab) Scripture gives no year. |
| MT-Gen | Not yet established | — | — Not computable from the genealogies. |
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Related
Free sources
- The King James Version of the Bible (opens in a new tab) — Genesis 3 public-domain
- The Chronology of the Pentateuch (Part 1) (Biblical Chronology 6:3, March 1994) (opens in a new tab) — §2 When Did Adam Fall? 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
Copyrighted works (CFAH papers, F. N. Jones) are linked, not reproduced.