‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.’ Genesis 1:1 SUGGESTED FURTHER READING: Proverbs 8:22–31 In the beginning. As Adam was created on the sixth day, and the year of life assigned in which his son Seth was born, and so on in the life of each of his descendants, … it is pretty certain that the birth of Christ took place about 4,000 years after the creation—that is, to us, about 5,770 years ago8 was the commencement
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