From the day Adam began teaching his children about their Creator, there have been prophets and there have been covenants. The holy writ says the first prophets walked and talked with Adam and with angels. Some of the long-lived prophets who predated Abraham appear not only in canonized scripture, but also in tribal mythology and ancient documents unearthed in more modern times. The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) records ten ancient prophets : Adam (aka Adapa, Atab, Atabba, HaAdamah, Ancient of Days, آدم ,אָדָם) Seth ben Adam (aka Shet, Sheth, שֵׁת) Enos ben Seth (aka Anoush, Enosh, אֱנוֹשׁ) Enoch ben Jared (aka Enoc, Chanok, Hanokh, Henoch, Idris, ادريس ,חֲנוֹך) Methuselah ben Enoch (aka Mathusala, Mathusalam, Methusael, Methusalah, Metushelach, מְתוּשֶׁלַח) Noah ben Lamech (aka Noach, Noe, Nuh, نوح ,נוֹחַ) Shem ben Noah (aka Sam, Sceaf, Sem, Seskef, שֵׁם) Salah ben Cainan (aka Sala, Salih, Shâlikh, Shehiah, Shelach, Shelah, صلاح ,שָׁלַח) Eber ben Salah (aka Abin, `A
From the Chaldean city of Ur to Egypt and on to Canaan, the nomadic people of the Patriarchal period roamed large tracts of the Middle East. The Patriarchy that began with Abraham and included the Exodus continued to the period of the Judges. The sixteen prophets from this era are: Abram ben Terah (aka Abraham , Avram, Avraham, Ibrahim, ابراهيم ,אַבְרָהָם ,אַבְרָם) Isaac ben Abraham (aka Yitzhak, Celi, Yitshaq, Isaak, Ishaq, Yitzchak, اسحاق ,יִצְחָק) Jacob ben Isaac (aka Israel , Sarurn, Ya'akov, Yaakov, Ya'quob, Yisra'el, Yakov, Ya'qub, Yaquob, اسرائيل ,يعقوب ,יִשְׂרָאֵל ,יַעֲקֹב) Joseph ben Jacob (aka Jehoseph, Yosef, Yusuf, Zaphenath-Pa'aneah , يوسف ,יוֹסֵף) Job ben Zerah (aka Jobab, Iob, Iyov, Aiyub, Ayoub, Ayub, أيوب ,אִיּוֹב) Caleb ben Jephunneh (aka Carmi , Chelubai , כָלֵב) Hur ben Caleb (Chur, חור) Jethro ben Reuel (aka Hobab, Jether, Shoaib, Yethro, Yitro, شعيب ,יִתְרוֹ) Moses ben Amram (aka Moshe, Musa, موسى ,מֹשֶׁה) Aaron ben Am