| Patriarchal History | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2387-2148 B.C. | the life of Reu. | Gen 11:20-21 |
| 2355-2125 B.C. | the life of Reu's son Serug. | Gen 11:22-23 |
| c. 2350 B.C. | Sargon creates the Akkadian Empire. | |
| 2325-2177 B.C. | the life of Serug's son Nahor. | Gen 11:24-25 |
| 2296 B.C. | the birth of Nahor's son Terah. | Gen 11:24 |
| 2226-2166 B.C. | the births of Nahor, Haran, and Abram. | Gen 11:26 |
| 2156 B.C. | the birth of Sarai | |
| 2136-2135? B.C. | the birth of Lot, and Terah's move from Ur to Haran. | Gen 11:27-31 |
| 2091 B.C. | the death of Terah, and Abram's departure for Canaan. | Gen 11:32-12:9 |
| 2088 B.C. | Abram's encounters with Pharaoh Achthoes III and Melchizedek; God's covenant with Abram. | Gen 12:10-15:21 |
| 2080 B.C. | the birth of Ishmael and God's mercy on Hagar. | Gen 16:1-16 |
| 2067 B.C. | God institutes circumcision, changes Abram's name, and destroys Sodom and Gomorrah. | Gen. 17:1-20:18 |
| 2066 B.C. | the birth of Isaac, the expulsion of Ishmael, and Abraham's covenant with Abimelech. | Gen 21:1-34; 25:12-19 |
| 2050? B.C. | Abraham demonstrates his faith in the offering of Isaac. | Gen 22:1-24 |
| 2029 B.C. | the death of Sarah and the purchase of land in Canaan. | Gen 23:1-20 |
| 2026 B.C. | Rebekah is sought out to marry her uncle Isaac. | Gen 24:1-67; 25:19-20 |
| 2006 B.C. | the births of Jacob and Esau | Gen 25:21-26 |
| 1991 B.C. | the death of Abraham, buried by Isaac and Ishmael. | Gen 25:1-11 |
| 1980? B.C. | Esau sells his birthright. | Gen 25:27-34 |
| 1966 B.C. | Isaac's difficulties with water rights in Gerar; Esau takes foreign wives. | Gen 26:1-35; 36:1-43 |
| 1930 B.C. | Jacob obtains Esau's blessing by deception and flees to his uncle Laban. | Gen 27:1-29:19 |
| 1930-1923 B.C. | Jacob serves seven years to marry Laban's daughter Rachel. | Gen 29:20 |
| 1923 B.C. | Jacob marries Laban's daughters Leah (by Laban's deception) and Rachel (by choice) | Gen 29:21-29 |
| 1923-1916 B.C. | Jacob serves Laban seven more years for Rachel; twelve children are born: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Dinah, and Joseph. | Gen 29:30-30:24 |
| 1916-1910 B.C. | God prospers Jacob during his last years with Laban. | Gen 30:25-43 |
| 1910 B.C. | Jacob flees from Laban and meets Esau; God establishes His covenant with Jacob and changes his name to Israel. | Gen 31:1-33:20 |
| 1902 B.C. | Simeon and Levi avenge Dinah's rape by slaughtering the men of Shechem; Reuben sleeps with his father's concubine; Rachel dies while giving birth to Benjamin | Gen 34:1-35:27 |
| 1900-1896 B.C. | Judah fathers Er, Onan, and Shelah with the Canaanite woman Shua. | Gen 38:1-5 |
| 1899 B.C. | Joseph's brothers sell him into slavery in Egypt at the age of 17. | Gen 37:1-36; 39:1-6 |
| 1889?-1886 B.C. | Potiphar's wife frames Joseph for sexual assault and has him imprisoned. | Gen 39:7-40:23 |
| 1886 B.C. | the death of Isaac, buried by Jacob and Esau. | Gen 35:28-29 |
| 1886 B.C. | Joseph exalted when he interprets the dreams of Pharaoh Sesostris II. | Gen 41:1-46 |
| 1886-1879 B.C. | Seven years of prosperity in Egypt; births of Joseph's sons Manasseh and Ephraim. | Gen 41:47-52 |
| 1880 B.C. | God destroys Judah's evil sons, Er and Onan, leaving Tamar widowed. | Gen 38:6-11 |
| 1879-1872 B.C. | Egypt and Canaan are struck with a seven-year famine; Pharaoh Sesostris III is now Pharaoh. | Gen 41:53-57 |
| 1878 B.C. | Joseph pretends not to recognize his brothers when they travel to Egypt for food. | Gen 42:1-38 |
| 1877 B.C. | Tamar seduces her father-in-law Judah, resulting in the births of Perez and Zerah. | Gen 38:12-30; 1 Chr 2:4-7 |
| 1877 B.C. | Joseph calls for his father's family to move to Egypt. | Gen 43:1-45:28 |
| 1876 B.C. | Jacob moves to Egypt and settles in Goshen. | Gen 46:1-47:27; Exod 1:1-5 |
| 1859 B.C. | Jacob blesses his children, designating Judah as the leader, and dies; buried in Canaan with full Egyptian honors. | Gen 47:28-50:21 |
| c. 1850 B.C. | the birth of Judah's grandson Hezron. | |
| c. 1820 B.C. | the death of Ephraim's sons and birth of Beriah. | 1 Chr 7:20-23 |
| 1806 B.C. | the death of Joseph; bones placed in a coffin in Egypt, to be carried to Canaan when the sons of Israel return there. | Gen 50:22-26; Exod 1:6-7 |
| c. 1800 B.C. | the birth of Hezron's son Ram. | |
| 1792-1750 B.C. | the reign of Hammurabi. | |
| 1660 B.C. | Hebrew-friendly Hyksos begin ruling northern Egypt. | |
| c. 1650 B.C. | God recognizes the honor of Judah's descendant Jabez by answering his prayer for land and relief. | 1 Chr 4:1-10 |
| Before Abraham | The Patriarchs | Exodus and Conquest | The Judges | United Monarchy |
| Divided Kingdom I | Divided Kingdom II | The Kingdom of Judah | The Exile and Return | The New Testament |
For a concise statement of my beliefs about history, see my Declaration of Faith.
