[8]  The Chronology from Adam to Noah to Abraham to David to Jesus, the Patriarchs

The bible uses a lunar calendar. In fact the biblical lunar calendar was the first calendar used by mankind. The lunar months are as follows...

Lunar Month Solar Month
Nisan March/April
Iyyar April/May 
Sivan May/June
Tammuz June/July
Ab July/August
Elul August/September
Tishri September/October
Heshvan October/November
Chislev November/December
Tebbeth December/January
Shebat January/February
Adar February/March

Here is a table of the chronology of some of the main characters, most of whom are in the maternal or paternal lines from Adam to Jesus of Matthew 1 and Luke 3. All of the dates in the table below are in Biblical Lunar Calendar (BLC) format and can be worked out from the scriptures. See U90 - U96. For more on these 3 see U506. We include this information in order for the reader to familiarise himself with these key players in our salvation.

Patriarch Generations
from God
Born Died
Adam 1 4027Tishri10 BC 3993Nisan14 (sins) 3097 (dies)
Eve n/a 3997Heshvan22 ??
Jared (who was Melchizedek - see I21. 2nd longest living human - 962 years) 6 3567 2605
Enoch (did not die) 7 3405 3040 transferred to heaven
Methuselah (longest living human - 969 years) 8 3340 2371
Noah (Methuselah's grandson) 10 2971 2021
Flood n/a 2371Heshvan17 flood starts 2371Chislev27 rain ends
Abraham  21 2018 1843
Isaac  22 1919Tishri 1739
Jacob  23 1858 1711
Joseph (the son of Jacob)  n/a 1768Sivan 1658
King David 34 (both lines) 1076 (1st regnal year) 1036
King Solomon 35 (paternal line only) 1036 (1st co-regnal year) 997
Nathan 35 (maternal line only)    
Joseph (the 'father' of Jesus) 75    
John the baptist n/a 2Nisan BC 69 weeks after 29Nisan AD i.e. 30Ab AD
Jesus 76 2Tishri BC 33Nisan14, 33April1, Good Friday AD
Simeon n/a Before 2Tishri BC After 2Tishri BC