Person

Seth

Seth, son of adam, in the line of Seth (Genesis 5).

Sort year3874 BC
Tier 4 · Ussher, Annals of the World

Tier 4: Ussher, Annals: 130 AM, 3874 BC (no higher-tier year available).

Scripture

Family

Father
Adam
Children
Enosh

Scripture facts

Age at son's birth
105 (Enosh)
Lifespan
912 years

Birth

birth of Seth, CFAH first
ChronologyDate as statedYear (BC / AM)Citation & note
CFAH Not yet established — —
pending CFAH reference
Ussher-Jones 130 AM
Precision: year
AM 130 Jones, Chronology of the Old Testament (15th ed., 2002), "Chronological Compendium", p. 1 (opens in a new tab)
Jones prints only the AM figure here; no BC year is printed for this birth, so year_bc_ad is left null (not inferred).
Ussher 130 AM, 3874 BC
Precision: year
3874 BC
AM 130
Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §13 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab)
Sets sort year
Jordan secondary "130 - Seth born"
Precision: year
AM 130 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)
Jordan (compilation) secondary 130 AM (birth year printed at the start of the seth bar)
Precision: year
AM 130 Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab)
Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 130.
MT-Gen AM 130
Precision: year
AM 130 Gen 5 cumulative begetting ages (father adam begat at 130, Gen 5:3) (opens in a new tab)

Death

death of Seth, CFAH first
ChronologyDate as statedYear (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 1042 AM, 2962 BC
Precision: year
2962 BC
AM 1042
Ussher, Annals of the World, First Age, §23 (paragraph numbering of the modern transcription) (opens in a new tab)
Jordan secondary "1042 - Seth died"
Precision: year
AM 1042 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)
Jordan (compilation) secondary 1042 AM Seth dies @ 912 yrs old
Precision: year
AM 1042 Anno Mundi Chronology Studies (unnamed compiler; a compilation of James B. Jordan's system), p. 1, chart "A.M. Chronology (Anno Mundi “Year of the World”) Genesis 5, 11:10" (opens in a new tab)
Agrees with Jordan's own published AM 1042.
MT-Gen AM 1042
Precision: year
AM 1042 Gen 5: birth AM 130 + 912 years (Gen 5:8) (opens in a new tab)

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