Figure 2 · Birth of Jesus

The Creation pattern: six years, then rest

6 BC → AD 1 → AD 2 · the canonical Incarnation week.

Regular MT Creation template

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First six year-blocks4121 → 4115 BC

6 years

Seventh year · rest4115 → 4114 BC

1 year

Incarnation week · Nisan boundaries

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First six year-blocks6 BC → AD 1

6 years

Seventh year · restAD 1 → AD 2

1 year

6 + 1 = 7 years

Astronomical −56 BC

Opening boundary

Astronomical +1AD 1

Six years later

Astronomical +2AD 2

Rest year completed

January 1 lies inside Year 6Nisan Year 6: 1n BC → AD 1n. Nisan Year 7: AD 1n → AD 2n. The winter covenant date is not the spring year boundary.
The regular MT Creation template runs 4121 → 4115 → 4114 BC: six years, then one of rest. The Incarnation week follows the same 6 + 1 order, 6 BC → AD 1 → AD 2. Astronomical labels −5, +1 and +2 make the intervals explicit.

Full supporting table · File 07 §§1.1 and 3.1 · File 13 §2.1 · Genesis 1:26–31, BSB · Genesis 2:1–3, BSB

Person / event index: creation · adam · sabbath rest · incarnation week · jesus · jan 1 covenant hinge

Counting and source notes

File 07 supplies the MT Creation-week model, including Adam’s sixth-year opening at 4116 BC. File 13 supplies the Incarnation week. Its Nisan form is 6n BC → AD 2n; Year 6 is 1n BC → AD 1n and Year 7 is AD 1n → AD 2n. January 1 is inside Year 6, not the Nisan boundary. This compares corresponding structures; it generates no reflected date.

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Two aligned seven-unit rows. Regular MT Creation: six units from 4121 to 4115 BC, then one rest unit to 4114 BC. Incarnation: six units from 6 BC to AD 1, then one rest unit to AD 2. Astronomical labels are −5, +1 and +2. January 1, AD 1 lies inside Nisan Year 6; Year 7 begins at Nisan in AD 1.
The regular MT Creation template runs 4121 → 4115 → 4114 BC: six years, then one of rest. The Incarnation week follows the same 6 + 1 order, 6 BC → AD 1 → AD 2. Astronomical labels −5, +1 and +2 make the intervals explicit.

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