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The Bible teaches that God created the heavens and the earth in six days (Genesis 1:1–31; Exodus 20:11). Genesis 5 and Genesis 11 provide genealogies from Adam to Abraham, giving the ages of the patriarchs when their sons were born. Combined with the historical timelines of the Old Testament, the reigns of Israel’s kings, the Babylonian exile, and dates surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ, many Young Earth Creationist scholars conclude that creation occurred around 4000 BC, making the earth roughly 6,000 years old today. Passages such as Genesis 1–2, Genesis 5, Genesis 11, Exodus 20:11, Luke 3:23–38, and Romans 5:12–19 are understood to present Adam as a real historical person and the genealogies as continuous history. From this perspective, death entered the world through Adam’s sin (Romans 5:12), making long ages of death before humanity inconsistent with the biblical narrative. Young Earth proponents therefore argue that Scripture presents a recent creation, while recognizing that this conclusion depends on interpreting the genealogies as complete chronologies and reading the creation days as ordinary 24-hour days. The account of God’s six-day creation is found in Genesis 1–2. The genealogy from Adam to Noah, including the ages of the patriarchs, is recorded in Genesis 5. Noah’s age at the time of the Flood is given in Genesis 7:6, and his age after the Flood is recorded in Genesis 8:13. The genealogy from Shem to Abraham, with the ages of each patriarch, is found in Genesis 11:10–32. The Bible states that the Israelites lived in Egypt for 430 years in Exodus 12:40–41. The period of 480 years from the Exodus to the fourth year of Solomon’s reign is recorded in 1 Kings 6:1. The reigns and lengths of rule for the kings of Judah and Israel are documented throughout 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, and 2 Chronicles. The return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon and the rebuilding of Jerusalem are described in Ezra and Nehemiah. The genealogy of Jesus tracing His lineage back to Adam is recorded in Luke 3:23–38. Finally, Exodus 20:11 declares that God made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them in six days and rested on the seventh day.
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