The bible uses a lunar calendar. In fact the biblical lunar calendar was the first calendar used by mankind - see U4. 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 of Matthew 1 and Luke 3. All of the dates in the table below are in Biblical Lunar Calendar () 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. For the Master Chronology please see U101.
| Patriarch | Generations from God |
Born | Died |
| Adam | 1 | 4027Tishri1 BC | 3993Nisan14 (sins and dies) 3097 (expires but does not die) |
| Eve | n/a | 3997Heshvan22 by baptism | ?? |
| Jared (who was - 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 |
| 21 | 2018 | 1843 | |
| 22 | 1919Tishri | 1739 | |
| 23 | 1858 | 1711 | |
| Joseph (the son of ) | 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 ) | 75 | ||
| John the baptist | 2Nisan BC | 69 weeks after 29Nisan AD i.e. 30Ab AD | |
| 76 | 2Heshvan21 BC | 33Nisan14, 33April1, Good Friday AD | |
| Simeon | Before 2Heshvan29 BC | After 2Heshvan29 BC |