A calendar is hidden in the genealogy of Adam in Genesis chapter 5 of the Bible. The genealogy relates that many people lived to be over 900 years old. But the ages are actually a complex puzzle that encodes a nearly perfect calendar.
Take a look at this diagram 
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All of the information on the diagram is taken from the Bible without modification. If you do the calculations, you will be able to show that Adam died 56 years after the birth of Lamech. You will also be able to show that Enoch disappeared 2×56+1 years after the birth of Lamech. The last thing you will be able to show is that Seth died 3×56 years after the birth of Lamech. Has anyone noticed this pattern before? I don't know, but there it is in plain sight.
What do you make of the numbers? It's not quite a regular pattern, but keep in mind that Enoch (at 2×56+1) disappeared. If his relatives gave up looking for him a year after he actually disappeared, the pattern becomes a perfect: 1×56, 2×56, 3×56, for the death of Adam, the disappearance of Enoch and the death of Seth.
If you find this interesting, let me tell you that I almost fell off my chair when I discovered it. At the time, I had no idea what it meant and I asked the questions that you may be asking now: Is there more? Why did the writers (or God, if you'd like) make these ages do this? And why would a puzzle, let alone a calendar puzzle, be placed at the very beginning of the Bible? What does this tell us about the Bible and the people who wrote it?
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