Chapter v: The fourth chapter winds up with Enos the son of Seth. Verse

26: "Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord." Now, Adam lived 930 years, Seth 912 years, and Enos 905 years. God during this period was wholly occupied with these people. Murder is the only incident of importance during the first thousand years. God takes a long rest for nearly 2,000 years before anything of importance occurs.

This chapter treats of the genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from Adam to Noah.

The records of creation are by no means harmonious. There are no less than one hundred and twenty opinions on the subject. The difference between the latest and remotest dates is no less than 3,268 years. Here are some of the dates of the supposed creation of the world. They may be interesting to some, as showing the uncertainty and inaccuracy:

Hebrew, 4004 B.C. Septuagint, 5873 ,, Talmudistic, 5344 ,, Scaliger, 3950 ,, Petovias, 3984 ,, Dr. Hale, 5411 ,, etc.

Here we give the genealogy of Adam and his line:

Age. 930 Adam, Born 4004 B.C. Died 3074 B.C. Abel, ,, 3875 ,, 912 Seth, ,, 3874 ,, 905 Enos, ,, 3769 [5] ,, 910 Cainon, ,, 3679 ,, 895 Mahaloled, ,, 3609 ,, 962 Jared, ,, 3544 ,, 815 Enos, ,, 3282 ,, 969 Methuselah, ,, 3317 ,, 777 Lamech, ,, 3130 ,, 365 Enoch, ,, 3017 ,, (Translated?) 815 Noah, ,, 2948 ,, 500 bef. flood. } 315 aft. ,, }

We may venture to make a very strong interrogation mark after these years. They are, however, in harmony with the rest of the story. Noah closes the fabulous period. We hear no more of God's doings until we come to Abraham, 1921 B.C. And Abraham reached the age of 175 years only.