One of the growing ways to understand the extraordianary ages offered for the Biblical Partiarchs is as if the names represent dynasty periods calculated from the deaths of the Patriarchs in order.

Predeluge Patriarchal Dynasties

BCE/Jewish

Postdeluge

BCE/Jewish

  • 2105-1755/1656-2006 = The Noah Dynasty. The Tower of Babel fell during this dynasty (in 1765/1996)

After the death of Noah the lifespans of the main Biblical characters are no longer particularly extraordinary.