When did Adam and Eve live?

Answer 1

Answer A

According to Biblical history, they lived around 4th Millennium B.C.

Adam and Eve lived shortly after God's creation of the universe. Adam was created on the sixth day. God created the first man from the ground and breathed life into Adam's nostrils. Eve was created after Adam had been in the Garden of Eden on his own, tilling and caring for the plants.

The Bible included no method for coming up with a precise date/month/year to the events in the book of Genesis. However archeological scientific research has provided appproximate dates of various biblical characters & events which can be used to approximate a date of life. Some Biblical scholars believe that the date of the fall of Adam and Eve was around 4000 BC: so that would make it about 6000 years ago if their judgments are correct.

Answer B

The Stone Age has been dated from about 8000 B.C.E. until around 3000 B.C.E. It was preceded by the Ice Age, and followed by the Bronze Age.

It is possible that Adam & Eve lived in the early stages of the Bronze Age, as late as 2750BC approximately, if they were in fact real people at all.

It is now commonly believed that King David (father of King Solomon) lived about 1000B.C. & Moses about 1445B.C. Using the above dates gives an average age of about 55 years for each of the 8 generations given in the bible, from David to Moses time, over a span of 445years approximately.

e.g. David, Jesse, Obed, Baaz, Salmon - is thought to be around Samson & Delillah's time, Nashon, Amminadab, Amram, Hezron, Perez, Judah.

Amram appears in Exodus 6 : 18 as the son of Kohath, & slightly further on as the father of Moses.

The same approximate timespan applys again for the 8 generations from Moses -1445B.C. back to Abraham -1875B.C. an average of 53 years for each generation spanning 430 years.

Moses, Amram, Kohath, Levi, Jacob, Isaac, Ishmael, Abraham.

If we use the previous averages of 8 - 11 generations spanning approximately 430-445years), we can estimate the date of Noah of the Noahs Ark flood story to around 2305B.C.-2320B.C.

The results of sediment tests around the coast of the Black Sea area have also suggested The great flood to have taken place around 2345B.C.

Abraham, Terah, Nahor, Serug, Re'u, Peleg, Eber, Shelah, Arpachad & Shem, Ham & Japheth - the three sons of Noah.

Genesis 10:25 To Eber were born two sons : the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided.

This section of the list of generations is unique in that it is the only generation (apart from Noah & the flood story) that has added information of an event.

Though not specific this is probably in reference to the religious turmoil caused by the changing of the astronomical ages from the Age of Taurus - the Bull to the new Age of Aries-the ram which would have taken place around 2166 B.C. with the change of the ages.

This would have caused widespread religious turmoil as it called for the abandonment of the old deity (the Bull) of Taurus & the worship of the new deity (the Ram) of Aries.

The oldest astronomical texts also date to about the same time.

Finally if we use the given averages we can again estimate an approximate date from Noah back to Adam & Eve.

The generations before Noah were Lamech, Methuselah, Enoch, Jared, Mahalalel, Kenan, Enosh, Seth & Adam & Eve.

The approximate date of Adam & Eve being around 2735B.C.-2765B.C. Or between 2800B.C.-2700B.C.

This is, of course, only one world view, not all believe in it. It does not conform to what is known/believed today about the age of the earth for instance.

Answer C The above analysis contradicts with the recorded Ancient Egyptian History that dates the Ancient Egyptian civilization to 7000 BC. For example it is recorded that in year 3411 BC is the date for ancient Egypt as unified country (both upper and lower Egypt as one unity). Refer to attached link below. Sure there life long time before even the Ancient Egyptian Civilzation.

Regarding start of life on earth, I write here the following quotes that suggest that earth is dated as billions of years ago (see the link below):

"This suggests that by 3.5 billion years ago Earth was already teeming with diverse microbial life," Dr Neilan said.

"If this is so, evolution must have already been going on for a long time. We can't be sure, but certainly [it must have been evolving] many tens of millions of years earlier."

This suggests that if Adam and Eve life on earth started shortly after universe (or earth) creation), then it must started some billions of year ago and not only few thousands of years as claimed above.

Answer D Adam and Eve were created 4000BCki

Answer 2

Earth.

Adam was 'born' from the dust of the earth and then placed in the Garden of Eden(Genesis 2:7-9)(1 Corinthians 15:47). Eve was formed from Adam's rib inside the Garden (Genesis 2:15, 21-22).

Most of the stories in the Bible take place in the Middle East and Africa, so it can be assumed that it was in this area or around modern day Iran.

Adam and Eve were created not born.

Answer 3

The Bible provides a string of genealogies that can be linked together, from Adam down to Moses. Using this and other passages, such as that the Exodus from Egypt occurred 480 years before the fourth year of Solomon's reign, Bishop Ussher came up with the answer that Adam was created in 4004 BCE, about 6016 years ago. According to Genesis, Adam lived for 930 years - until about 3074 BCE. However, it can also be shown that the ages of all the great men from Adam down to the Patriarchs were based on numerology, in elegant series using the number 17, not history. For example the lifespans of the first five generations:
Name .......... Lifespan Pattern

Adam ......... 930 ....... 7x9 + 51x17 [3x17x17]
Seth ............ 912 ....... 5x9 + 51x17

Enos ........... 905 ....... 8x9 + 49x17
Cainan ....... 910 ....... 6x10 + 50x17
Mahalalel .. 895 ....... 5x9 + 50x17

With this information, we can realise that no one ever lived to such great ages and then either prove that Adam and Eve lived thousands of years later than 4004 BCE or that the tradition is no more than a legend. Cardinal George Pell provided an important although unofficial insight into the thinking of some clergy recently when he said, in a televised debate, said that the story of Adam and Eve is a myth - a religious story told for religious purposes.

Answer 4

Traditional chronology places the Creation, including Adam and Eve, in 3760 BCE. See also:

Is there evidence for Creation?

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Adam's lifespan