Events
The Lifetime of Abraham
c. 2000 BCE to 1800 BCE or 1700 BCE
(depending on who you ask, religious people
or academic scholars)The Birth of Abraham
c. 2166 BCE to 1900 BCE
(PLEASE NOTE: That it is difficult to
be 100% certain which year was
Abraham born, but according to
the Hebrew Calendar
(of which the current year is 5785 After Creation)
he was born
in 1948 After Creation)
But what is known was that
Abraham was born during the
Middle Bronze Age
(2055 BCE to 1650 BCE),
the middle period of
the entire Bronze Age
(3300 BCE to 1200 BCE)c. 1900 BCE, migration from Haran (in modern-day Turkey)
to Canaan (Genesis 12:1-9)c. 1900 BCE:
The birth of Ishmael
(Genesis 16)
to Abraham and Hagarc. 1890–1870 BCE: Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19).
Scholars have debated
the historical basis for this event,
with some suggesting it
occurred due to a natural disaster or regional conflictc. 1870 BCE: Birth of Isaac (Genesis 21), Abraham’s son with Sarahc. 1850 BCE: The binding of Isaac (Genesis 22), when Abraham
is commanded to sacrifice Isaac
but is stopped by divine interventionc. 1825–1800 BCE: Death of Abraham at the age of 175 years
(Genesis 25).c. 1800 BCE: Isaac marries Rebekah (Genesis 24)
and Esau and Jacob are born (Genesis 25: 24-26)c. 1700 BCE: Isaac
passes away at 180 years of age (Genesis 35:28-29)c. 1780 BCE: Jacob deceives Isaac and takes Esau’s birthright (Genesis 27)c. 1770 BCE: Jacob flees to Haran to escape Esau's anger (Genesis 28).
There he marries Leah and
Rachel and works for his uncle Laban (Genesis 29-31)c. 1750 BCE: Jacob wrestles with
a divine being and is renamed "Israel" (Genesis 32)c. 1740 BCE: Joseph,
Jacob’s son by Rachel,
is sold into slavery by his brothers
(Genesis 37)c. 1725–1700 BCE: Jacob’s migration to Egypt during a severe famine,
where Joseph had risen
to a position of power
in Pharaoh’s court (Genesis 46)c. 1650 BCE: Death of Jacob
in Egypt at 147 years of age (Genesis 49)
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