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Abraham was born sometime near the date of 2,000 BC
2031 – Abram’s son Ishmaél was born
Abram’s son Ishmaél was born when Abram was 86 (Ge.16:16), around 2031 BC.
2017 – Abram’s son Isaac was born
c. 2012 – Abram’s Promise from God
“The Lord said to Abram in Ge.15:13, “Your seed will be sojourners in a land not their own; and they shall afflict them 400 years”.
1980 BC – Abrahahm’s Wife Dies
Ge.23:1-2 Abraham’s wife Sarah dies c 1980 BC at age 127. Abraham is 137, Isaac is 37, and Ishmael 51.
c1977 BC – Isaac Marries His Cousin Rebekah
Ge.25:20 Isaac marries his cousin Rebekah c 1977 BC. Isaac is 40, Abraham is 140, Ishmael 54.
c1957 BC – Isaac’s Sons Jacob & Esau are born
“Ge.25:25-26 Isaac is 60 when his sons Jacob & Esau are born c 1957 BC. Abraham is 160, Ishmael 74.”
c1942 BC – Abraham Dies
Ge.25:7 Abraham dies at age 175, c 1942 BC. Ishmael is 89, Isaac is 75, Jacob & Esau are 15.
c1886 BC – Isaac Sends Jacob to Padán-Arám in Mesopotámia
“Ge.28:5 Isaac sends Jacob to Padán-Arám in Mesopotámia, to escape from Jacob’s twin brother Esau. This was sometime around 1886 BC. Jacob & Esau are age 70 or 71, Isaac is 131.”
“There, Jacob would marry his first cousins Leáh & Rachél, daughters of his uncle Labán (Rebekah’s brother). Jacob served Laban for at least 20 years (Ge.31:38-41), part of which was the bride price for Leah & Rachel (Ge.29:16-ff). Initially, Jacob contracted to work only 7 years…for Rachel (Ge.29:18).
“Jacob worked for Laban for 7 years, and in return was given…Leah, not Rachel! Jacob then agreed to work 7 more years for Rachel. Ancient sources differ in regards to when Rachel actually became his wife. Josephus op. cit. 1:19:7, Philo The Works of Philo p.211, the Orthodox Bible LXX Ge.29:27 Note…they indicate that Rachel became Jacob’s wife after he’d worked the entire second 7-year period. But the more recent Hebrew Masoretic text Ge.29:27-28, the (supposed) Book of Jasher 31:12-13, the traditional Book of Jubilees (Jub) 28:8-9…they indicate that Rachel became Jacob’s wife only one week following Leah, before he worked the second 7-year period. The historical sources differ.
“Jacob fathered 12 sons (11 born in Padan-Aram), Ge.35:23-26. Their descendants would become the 12 tribes of Israel. God changed Jacob’s name to Israel (Ge.32:28).
“Ge.29:31-35 Jacob/Israel’s first 4 sons…Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah…were born to Leah. see the topic “Levites and the Exodus Multitude (1)” for the lineage chronology of Jacob’s 3rd son Levi. . . .
c 1897 BC Joseph was Born
“Ge.30:22-24 Rachel finally gives birth to her first child, Joseph, c 1867 BC. Jacob (and Esau) was 90, Isaac 150. Joseph is called the son of Jacob’s old age (Ge.37:3), and Jacob loved him the most. …
c 1897 BC Joseph’s Older Brothers Sell Him into Slavery
“Ge.37:1-2, 26-36 Joseph’s older brothers sell him into slavery at age 17, c 1850 BC. Joseph is taken to Egypt. Judah is near age 23, Jacob age 107, Isaac 167”
c 1837 BC Pharaoh Makes Joseph the Prime Minister of Egypt
“Ge.41:38-46 in the year Isaac died, c 1837 BC, Pharaoh made Joseph prime minister of Egypt at age 30 (cf. Jub.40:12).
“Ge.41:47 for the first 7 years that Joseph was prime minister, Egypt experienced great abundance. This period would be followed by 7 years of famine (Ge.41:29-30). Ge.45:6 by this time, 2 years of famine had elapsed. Joseph is now age 39, Jacob is 129.
c 1827 BC Jacob [Israel] Joins Joseph in Egypt
“Ge.47:9 then Jacob/Israel, at age 130, goes to Egypt to join Joseph c 1827 BC. Levi was age 48 (T12P Levi 12:5), Judah age 46 (T12P Judah 12:11-12). Ge.41:46-47 & 45:6 Joseph was age 39 or 40. That places Joseph’s birth c 1867 BC, when Jacob (and Esau) was age 90 or 91.
“Jacob’s move to Egypt culminates the 215 years he and his ancestors spent in the Land of Canaan.
c 1810 BC Joseph Dies in Israel
c 1810 BC Joseph Dies in Israel
c 1695 BC Aaron [Moses’s Older Brother] Is Born in Egypt
c 1692 BC Moses Is Born in Egypt
c 1652 BC Moses Fled to Midian
c 1612 BC Moses Returns to Egypt and the Exodus Begins
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