Amabala Angaphansi

b Lanxa khathesi iminyaka le ingakhanya iminengi okwesabekayo, kumele sikhumbule ukuthi kudala abantu babephila isikhathi eside kakhulu. Kusukela ku-Adamu kusiya ku-Abhrahama kwakuyisikhathi esingalingana leminyaka eyaphilwa ngamadoda amathathu. U-Adamu waphila kwaze kwazalwa uLameki uyise kaNowa. ULameki waphila kwaze kwazalwa uShemi indodana kaNowa. UShemi yena waphila kwaze kwazalwa u-Abhrahama.​—Gen. 5:5, 31; 9:29; 11:10, 11; 25:7.