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Location Age Reference Egypt 0–40 Ex. 2:11; Acts 7:23 Midian 41–80 Ex. 2:15; 7:7; Acts 7:29–30 The wilderness 81–120 Deut. 31:2; 34:7; cf. Num. 14:33–34; Deut. 29:5

Adam (5:3–5) 130/930 Seth (5:6–8) 105/912 Enosh (5:9–11) 90/905 Kenan (5:12–14) 70/910 Mahalalel (5:15–17) 65/895 Jared (5:18–20) 162/962 Enoch (5:21–24) 65/365 Methuselah (5:25–27) 187/969 Lamech… Read More »Genealogies: Showing Age at Fatherhood and Age at Death

Action Purpose Desire They built a city .… … in order not to be dispersed over the face of the whole earth. Security They built a… Read More »Genesis 11:4

Event Age of Joseph Genesis Joseph’s father Jacob moves family from Haran to Canaan 6 31:17–21 Joseph sold to Potiphar in Egypt 17 ch. 37… Read More »Joseph’s Timeline

Event Age of Jacob Genesis Jacob’s grandfather Abraham dies 15 25:7 Jacob sent to Laban in Haran 77 28:5 Jacob marries Leah and Rachel 84… Read More »Jacob’s Timeline

Event Age of Isaac Genesis Isaac’s mother Sarah dies 37 23:1 Isaac marries Rebekah 40 25:20 Isaac fathers Jacob and Esau with Rebekah 60 25:26… Read More »Isaac’s Timeline

Offspring Explanation Examples Natural, physical offspring Physical descendants of Abraham Ishmael, Isaac, the sons of Keturah (and by extension Esau, Jacob, etc.) Natural, yet special… Read More »Four Kinds of Abraham’s Offspring

Event Age of Abraham Genesis Abram departs from Haran, enters Canaan 75 12:4–5 Abram fathers Ishmael with Hagar 85–86 16:3–4 Abraham fathers Isaac with Sarah… Read More »Abraham’s Timeline

Dates are in the form of month, day, and Noah’s year, as given in the text. Hence, 2/10/600 means the tenth day of the second… Read More »Chronology of Noah’s Time in the Ark

Location Inhabitants 1. Light and dark 4. Lights of day and night 2. Sea and sky 5. Fish and birds 3. Fertile earth 6. Land… Read More »The Days of Creation

Primeval History (1:1–11:26) Introduction General heading Specific heading Section introduced 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and the earth 2:4–4:26 5:1 These are… Read More »The Generations of Genesis

The Hebrew calendar was composed of 12 lunar months, each of which began when the thin crescent moon was first visible at sunset. They were… Read More »The Hebrew Calendar Compared to the Gregorian (Modern) Calendar