Editing Dating creation (section)

===Genesis creation narrative===
{{Main|Genesis creation narrative|Chronology of the Bible}}
Within the biblical framework and chronology, various dates have been proposed for the date of creation since ancient times, to more recent periods. The [[Bible]] begins with the [[Book of Genesis]], in which [[God]] creates the Earth, the rest of the Universe, and the Earth's plants and animals, including the first [[human]]s, in six days. A second narrative begins with the first human pair, [[Adam and Eve]], and goes on to list many of their descendants, in many cases giving the ages at which they had children and died. If these events and ages are interpreted literally throughout and the genealogies are considered closed, it is possible to build up a [[chronology]] in which many of the events of the [[Old Testament]] are dated to an estimated number of years after creation. Some biblical scholars have gone further, attempting to harmonise this biblical chronology with that of recorded [[history]], thus establishing a date for creation in a modern calendar. Since the biblical story lacks chronology for some periods, the duration of events has been subject to interpretation in many different ways, resulting in a variety of estimates of the date of creation.

Numerous efforts have been made to determine the biblical date of creation, yielding varying results. Besides differences in interpretation, the use of different versions of the Bible can also affect the result. Two dominant dates for creation using such models exist, about 5500 BC and about 4000 BC. These were calculated from the genealogies in two versions of the Bible, with most of the difference arising from two versions of Genesis. The older dates stem from the Greek [[Septuagint]].<ref>[http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/Genesis/index.htm Septuagint, Genesis] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419022253/http://www.ecmarsh.com/lxx/Genesis/index.htm |date=April 19, 2016 }}</ref> The later dates are based on the Hebrew [[Masoretic Text]].<ref>{{bibleverse||Genesis|5|HE}}</ref> The patriarchs from Adam to [[Terah]], the father of [[Abraham]], were often 100 years older when they begat their named son in the Septuagint than they were in the Hebrew or the [[Vulgate]] (Genesis 5, 11). The net difference between the two [[genealogies of Genesis]] amounts to 1466 years (ignoring the "second year after the flood" ambiguity), which accounts for virtually all of the 1500-year difference between 5500 BC and 4000 BC. For example, the period from the creation to [[Noah's Ark|the Flood]] derives from the genealogical table of the ten patriarchs listed in {{Bibleverse||Genesis|5|KJV}}, and {{Bibleverse-nb||Genesis|7:6|KJV}}, called the [[generations of Adam]]. According to the Masoretic Text, this period consists of 1,656 years, and Western Christian Bibles deriving from the Latin Vulgate also follow this dating. However, the [[Samaritan Pentateuch|Samaritan texts]] give an equivalent period of 1,307 years, and according to the [[Septuagint]] ([[Codex Alexandrinus]], [[Elizabeth Bible]]) it is 2,262 years.<ref>[[s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Biblical Chronology|Catholic Encyclopedia: Biblical Chronology]]</ref> [[James Ussher]] agrees with the dating until the birth of [[Abraham]], which he argues took place when Terah was 130, and not 70 as is the direct reading of {{Bibleverse||Genesis|11:26|KJV}}, thus adding 60 years to his chronology for events postdating Abraham.<ref name=Jones278>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wsITeHwP9K0C&q=Abraham+%22major+biblical+events%22&pg=PA278 |title=Chronology of the Old Testament: Solving the Bible's Most Intriguing Mysteries |author=Floyd Nolen Jones |publisher=New Leaf Publishing Group |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-89051-416-0 |page=278 |access-date=2014-06-02}}</ref>