Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines; Faith; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
A. Agreeable to the foregoing chronology, he died in the nineteen
hundred and ninety sixth year of the world.
Q. In what year of the world did Nahor die?
A. In the nineteen hundred and ninety seventh.
Q. In what year of the world did Noah die?
A. In the two thousand and sixth.
Q. In what year of the world did Reu die?
A. In the two thousand and twenty sixth.
Q. In what year of the world did Serug die?
A. In the two thousand and forty ninth.
Q. In what year of the world did Terah die?
A. In the two thousand and eighty third.
Q. In what year of the world did Arphaxad die?
A. In the two thousand and ninety sixth.
Q. In what year of the world did Salah die?
A. In the twenty one hundred and twenty sixth.
Q. In what year of the world did Abraham die?
A. In the twenty one hundred and eighty third.
Q. In what year of the world did Eber die?
A. In the twenty one hundred and eighty seventh. For this account of
the year of the world in which those men died, see [§ II. ¶ 49,50.]
Q. How old was Nahor (Abraham's brother) when Noah died?
A. Fifty eight years.
Q. How old was Terah?
A. One hundred and twenty eight.
Q. How old was Serug?
A. One hundred and eighty seven.
Q. How old was Reu?
A. Two hundred and nineteen.
Q. How old was Eber?
A. Two hundred and eighty three.
Q. How old was Salah?
A. Three hundred and thirteen.
Q. How old was Arphaxad?
A. Three hundred and forty eight.
Q. How old was Shem?
A. Four hundred and forty eight. For the last account see [§ II. ¶ 51.]
Q. How old was Abraham when Reu died?
A. Eighteen years, if he was born when Terah was one hundred and thirty
years old.
Q. What was his age when Serug and Nahor (Abraham's brother) died?
A. Forty one years.
Q. What was his age when Terah died?
A. Seventy five years.
Q. What was his age when Arphaxad died?
A. Eighty eight.
Q. What was his age when Salah died?
A. One hundred and eighteen years.
Q. What was his age when Shem died?
A. One hundred and fifty years. For this see [§ II. ¶ 52.]
Q. How many noted characters lived from Noah to Abraham?
A. Ten.
Q. What are their names?
A. Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, and
Nahor, (Abraham's brother). [§ II. ¶ 52.]
Q. How many of these were cotemporary with Noah?
A. The whole.
Q. How many With Abraham?
A. Eight.
Q. What are their names?
A. Nahor (Abraham's brother), Terah, Serug, Reu, Eber, Salah, Arphaxad,
and Shem. [§ II. ¶ 52.]
Q. How many were cotemporary with both Noah and Abraham?
A. Eight.
Q. What are their names?
A. Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Reu, Serug, Terah, and Nahor (Abraham's
brother). [§ II. ¶ 52.]
Q. Did any of these men die before Noah?
A. They did.
Q. Who were they?
A. Peleg, in whose days the earth was divided; and Nahor, (Abraham's
grandfather). [§ II. ¶ 49.]
Q. Did any one of them live longer than Abraham?
A. There was one. [§ II. ¶ 50.]
Q. Who was he?
A. Eber, the fourth from Noah. [§ II. ¶ 50.]
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