Complex sentence: More widely, the term Patriarchs can be used to refer to the twenty ancestor-figures between Abraham and Adam, the first man-the first ten of these, between Adam and Noah, are called the Antediluvian patriarchs, because they came before the Flood.
Split into simpler sentences: More widely, the term Patriarchs can be used to refer to the twenty ancestor-figures between Abraham and Adam. The first ten of these are called the Antediluvian patriarchs, because they came before the Flood.