The antediluvian (or pre-diluvian - both meaning "before the deluge") period's that period in Biblical history between the Creation of the earth and the Deluge. The story takes up chapters 1-6 (excluding the Flood narrative) of Genesis. The antediluvian period The antediluvian period begins with the Creation and ends with the destruction of all life on the earth except those saved with Noah in the Ark 1,656 years later. The elements of the narrative include some of the best-known stories in the… (More on Antediluvian)