Antediluvian Patriarch (Noun)
Meaning
Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Noah's ancestor Shem is one of the few antediluvian patriarchs to have his lineage described in the Bible.
- Abraham often drew on the examples set by the antediluvian patriarchs who preceded him.
- Adam's expulsion from Eden led to the antediluvian patriarchs leading harsh lives, forced to labor on barren ground.
- Antediluvian patriarchs lived so long before modern humans that much of what is known about them comes from fragmented biblical texts.
- While very few sources give comprehensive biographies of individual antediluvian patriarchs, accounts suggest most spent most of their years wisely stewarding land.