Adam to Jesus

Everyone Scripture names from Adam to Jesus: their verses, their families, their place in the story.

Era 1 of 9 · 3959–2303 BC

Creation

From Adam to Noah: ten generations counted father to son in Genesis 5.

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Era 2 of 9 · 2303–1876 BC

Noah's three sons fill the earth again, and Shem's line runs down to Abram.

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Era 3 of 9 · 1876–1661 BC

Abraham is called, and the promise passes to Isaac, then Jacob and his twelve sons.

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Era 4 of 9 · 1661–1406 BC

Israel grows into a nation in Egypt, is brought out under Moses, and wanders forty years.

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Era 5 of 9 · 1406–1050 BC

In the land with no king: Boaz marries Ruth, and Jesse is born in Bethlehem.

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Era 6 of 9 · 1050–586 BC

David's throne passes from father to son for twenty generations, until Jerusalem falls.

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Era 7 of 9 · 586–538 BC

The king is carried to Babylon, and the royal line survives in captivity.

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Era 8 of 9 · 538–5 BC

Zerubbabel leads the return, and the line runs quietly on to a carpenter in Nazareth.

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Era 9 of 9 · 5 BC–AD 100

The son of David, the son of Abraham, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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