The following is the exact age of the earth since it was created as recorded in the book of Genesis up to the present time(year 2004).

abbreviation:yrs = years.Just add the years all the years given below and you will get the age of the earth.

creation---6 days(Gen 1:31)--Adam---130 yrs(Gen 5:3)--Seth---105 yrs(Gen 5:6)---Enos--90 yrs(Gen 5:9)--Cainan--70 yrs(Gen 5:12)--Mahaleel--65 yrs(Gen 5:15)--Jared--162 yrs(Gen 5:18)--Enoch--65 yrs(Gen 5:21)--Methuselah--187 yrs(Gen 5:25)--Lamech--182 yrs(Gen 5:28)--Noah--500 yrs(Gen 5:32)--Shem--100 yrs(Gen 11:10)--Arphaxad--35 yrs(Gen 11:12)--Salah--30 yrs(Gen 11:14)--Eber--34 yrs(Gen 11:16)--Peleg--30 yrs(Gen 11:18)--Reu--32 yrs(Gen 11:20)--Serug--30 yrs(Gen 11:22)--Nahor--29 yrs(Gen 11:24)--Terah--70 yrs(Gen 11:26)--Abram--100 yrs(Gen 21:5)--Isaac--60 yrs(Gen25:26)--Jacob--130 yrs(Gen 47:9)--Egypt--430 yrs(Exo 12:40)--Wilderness--480 yrs(I kings 6:1)--Solomon--36 yrs{i.e 40 minus 4}(II chr 9:30)--Rehoboam--17 yrs(II chr 12:13)--Abijah--3 yrs(II chr 13:2)--Asa--41 yrs(II chr 16:13)--Jehoshaphat--25 yrs(II chr 20:31)--Jehoram--8 yrs(II chr 21:20)--Ahaziah--1 yr(II chr 22:2)--Athaliah--6 yrs(II chr 22:12)--Joash--40 yrs(II chr 24:1)--Amaziah--29 yrs(II chr 25:1)--Uzziah--52 yrs(II chr 26:3)--Jotham--16 yrs(II chr 27:1)--Ahaz--16 yrs(II chr 28:1)--Hezekiah--29 yrs(II chr 29:1)--Manasseh--55 yrs(II chr 33:1)--Josiah--31 yrs(II chr 34:1)--Jehoahaz--3 months(II chr 36:2)--Jehoiakim--11 yrs(II chr 36:5)--Jehoiachin--3 months & 10 days(II chr 36:9)--Zedekiah--11 yrs(II chr 36:11)--Babylon--70 yrs(II chr 36:21)--Israel--69 weeks = 483 yrs(Daniel 9:25-26)--Messiah--2004 yrs--Present{year2004 december 31}

Starting from king Solomon, the age of the earth progresses according to the years each king ruled.Also, Solomon ruled for forty years but we are told that from the time the children came out of Egypt up to the fourth year of his reign it was 480 years(I kings 6:1). Hence you subsract 4 years from his forty year old reign

From the time the temple was to be rebuilt after captivity in Babylon up to the death of the Messiah(Jesus) it would take 69 weeks{Daniel 9:25-26).A week is a period of 7 years according to Genesis 29:27 & 30.Therefore you multiply 69 by 7 to give you 483 years.

Jesus was killed in 30 A.D. Hence from jesus' death up to 2004 december it is 2004-30 = 1974 years.Then this figure you add to the years since creation until Jesus'death.

Therefore the age of the earth from creation up to 31st december 2004 is 6100 years,6 months and 15 days

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