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Events During the Time of Peleg
During this time the Tower of Babel was built and God confounded the languages

Number of Years from Adam

Events

Age of Peleg
1757
Peleg born
1
1758 to 1786
Still living - Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, & Eber
2-30
1787
Rue born
31
1788 to 1818
Still living - Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, & Rue
32 to 62
1819
Selug born
63
1820 to 1848
Still living - Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Rue, & Selug
64 to 92
1849
Nahor, grandfather of Abram, born
93
1850 to 1877
Still living - Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Rue, Selug, & Nahor
94 to 121
1878
Terah, father of Abram, born
122
1879 to 1945
Still living - Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Rue, Selug, Nahor, & Terah
123 to 189
1946
Abram was born in Ur of the Chaldees
190
1947 to 1985
Still living - Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Rue, Selug, Nahor, Terah, & Abram
191 to 229
1986
Noah died
230
1987 to 1994
Still living - Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Rue, Selug, Nahor, Terah, & Abram
231 to 238
1995
Peleg died.  He was the first patriarch born after the flood to die.
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Soon after Peleg's death
Number Years after Peleg's Death
1997
Nahor, grandfather of Abram, died
2
1998 to 2020
Still living - Shem, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Rue, Selug, Terah, & Abram.
During this time, Abram married Sarai.  Terah took his son Abram, daughter-in-law, Sarai, and his grandson, Lot, from Ur of the Chaldees to go to the land of Canaan.  They came to Haran and dwelt there.
See Gen 11:29-32
3 to 25
2021
Abram was told by the Lord to move out of his country and away from his kindred to a land God would show him.  And God told him,
"I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing:" Gen 12:2
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