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Measuring from the call of Abraham, the narrative of Genesis covers around 300 years. This chart indicates the overlap of the lives of the Patriarchs. We note two things; the events of Genesis are not presented strictly chronologically, since the writer emphasises people rather than events; the writer may not always state exact ages, or numbers of years. |
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Event |
Reference |
Abraham |
Sarah |
Ishmael |
Isaac |
Jacob |
Joseph |
Date |
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Abraham leaves Haran |
12.4 |
75 |
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Ishmael is born |
16.16 |
86 |
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Born |
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11 |
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Family is circumcised |
17.1-27 |
99 |
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13 |
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24 |
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Isaac is born |
21.1-5 |
100 |
90 |
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born |
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25 |
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Sarah’s death |
23.1-2 |
137 |
Dies at 127 |
51 |
37 |
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62 |
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Isaac Marries Rebekah |
24.67; 25.20 |
140 |
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40 |
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65 |
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Jacob and Esau are born |
25.24-26 |
160 |
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60 |
Born |
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85 |
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Abraham’s death |
25.7-8 |
Dies at 175 |
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89 |
75 |
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100 |
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Ishmael’s death |
25.17 |
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Dies at 137 |
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148 |
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Joseph is born |
(calculated from later references) |
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91 |
Born |
176 |
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Joseph is taken to Egypt |
37.2 |
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17 |
193 |
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Isaac’s death |
35.28-29 |
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Dies at 180 |
120 |
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205 |
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Joseph enters Pharaoh’s service |
41.46 |
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30 |
206 |
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Jacobs journeys to Egypt |
47.7-10 |
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130 |
39 |
215 |
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Jacob dies in Egypt |
47.28-31 |
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Dies at 147 |
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232 |
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Joseph’s death |
50.24-26 |
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Dies at 110 |
286 |
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