FROM THE CALLING OF ABRAHAM TO THE EXODUS OF THE ISRAELITES, 430 YEARS
FROM THE CALLING OF ABRAHAM TO THE EXODUS OF THE ISRAELITES, 430 YEARS
|B.C.|A.M.|
Abraham called the second time to leave Haran and go to Canaan, being 75 years old|1921|2083|
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egyptian kings, during which the Israelites sojourned in Egypt until their exodus under Moses. |||
Abraham with his wife goes to Egypt|1920|2084|
He returns from Egypt to Canaan|...|...|
Abraham and Lot separate, the former going to Mamre, the latter to Sodom|1920|2084|
Chedorlaomer and his allies make war upon the king of Sodom and take Lot prisoner, but they are pursued and defeated by Abraham|1913|2091|
Melchisedec receives tithes from him and blesses him|...|...|
God makes a covenant with Abraham|...|...|
The birth of Ishmael, son of Abraham and Hagar|1910|2094|
God renews his covenant with Abram, changing his name to Abraham, institutes circumcision, promises Isaac by Sarah his wife|1897|2107|
Abraham entertains angels, is informed by them of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, intercedes for these cities, their overthrow|...|...|
Abraham sojourns in Gerar, where Abimelech, the king, takes Sarah to wife, but restores her|...|...|
The birth of Isaac in the 100th year of Abraham|1896|2108|
Abraham sends away Hagar and her son Ishmael|1892|2112|
He is commanded of God to sacrifice Isaac, his son|1871|2133|
Sarah dies at Hebron, aged 127 years|1859|2145|
The marriage of Isaac and Rebecca|1856|2148|
The birth of Jacob and Esau, Isaac being 60 years old|1836|2168|
Death of Abraham, aged 175 years|1818|2186|
Kingdom of Argos founded about this time.|||
Bela the first king of Edom begins to reign|1740|2264|
Isaac blesses Jacob, who departs to Padan-aram|1760|2240|
Jacob marries Leah, daughter of Laban|1753|2251|
Esau marries two Canaanitish women|1796|2208|
Jacob makes Joseph his favorite, his dreams, is sold as a slave to Egypt|1728|2276|
Joseph cast into prison|1719|2285|
The death of Isaac, aged 180 years|1716|2288|
Joseph interprets Pharaoh's dreams, and is made the first ruler under the king|1715|2289|
Commencement of seven years' famine|1708|2296|
Jacob sends his sons to Egypt to buy corn|1707|2297|
He sends them again with Benjamin, when Joseph makes himself known to them|1706|2298|
Jacob and family go down to Egypt|1706|2298|
Jacob having blessed his sons, dies in Egypt, aged 147|1689|2315|
The death of Joseph, aged 110 years|1635|2369|
Revolution in Egypt, the shepherd kings expelled, and the Theban dynasty by successive kings reigns during the sojourn and bondage of the Israelites to their exodus under Ramses I, B.C. 1491|||
The destruction of the male Hebrew children ordered|1573|2431|
Birth of Moses and his adoption by Pharaoh's daughter|1571|2433|
About this time Athens is founded by Cecrops|1556|2448|
Moses kills an Egyptian and flies to Midian|1531|2473|
Amenophis, son of Rameses Miamun, reigns over Egypt|1510|2494 |
God appears to Moses in the burning bush, and sends him to deliver Israel|1491|2513|
Pharaoh refuses to release the Israelites, increases their burdens, is compelled by the plagues inflicted on his people to let the oppressed people go|1491|2513|