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11 people shown, in the order of the biblical story.

Creation & Patriarchs 11

Name	People	Role (what)	When
Adam	Before Israel Antediluvian	The first man, created by God	The beginning (Creation)
Eve	Before Israel Antediluvian	The first woman; mother of all living	The beginning (Creation)
Cain	Before Israel Antediluvian	Firstborn son of Adam and Eve; the first murderer	Before the Flood
Abel	Before Israel Antediluvian	Shepherd; second son of Adam and Eve	Before the Flood
Seth also Sheth	Before Israel Antediluvian	Third named son of Adam and Eve	Before the Flood
Enoch also Henoch	Before Israel Antediluvian	Man who walked with God and was taken up	Before the Flood
Methuselah also Mathusala	Before Israel Antediluvian	The longest-lived man in the Bible	Before the Flood
Noah also Noe	Before Israel Antediluvian; survived the Flood	Righteous man who built the ark	The Flood
Shem also Sem	Before Israel Son of Noah; ancestor of the Semitic peoples	Son of Noah; forefather of Abraham	After the Flood
Ham	Before Israel Son of Noah; ancestor of Egypt, Cush and Canaan	Son of Noah	After the Flood
Japheth	Before Israel Son of Noah; ancestor of the coastland peoples	Son of Noah	After the Flood

"Gentile" means anyone who was not of the people of Israel. From Melchizedek, Rahab and Ruth to Cornelius and Lydia, Scripture shows God's promise to Abraham reaching every nation: "in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed" (Genesis 12:3).