Few that is Eight

In the diagram above we attempted to visualize before our readers the development of the human race in the period before the deluge. Various matters of great significance and deep interest to us are thus easily brought to our attention. The narrative of Scripture regarding this period is, indeed, very brief. After the events that concentrate around creation and the fall of man are related, only a few chapters are devoted to the history of the first world, including even the flood. Yet,...